#48B1DE#48B1DE

#48B1DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1DE
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -16.17, -31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 35.39, 242.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0744 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.115 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5742, 38.0925, 74.7816)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1DE #DE7548

analogous

#48DEC0 #48B1DE #4866DE

triadic

#48B1DE #DE48B1 #B1DE48

tetradic

#48B1DE #C048DE #DE7548 #66DE48

square

#48B1DE #C048DE #DE7548 #66DE48

split-complementary

#48B1DE #DE4866 #DEC048

monochromatic

#1A6E91 #2495C5 #48B1DE #7CC7E7 #B0DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B1DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#48B1DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1DE

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1DE	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8e8',
    500: '#48b1de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1de;
$custom-light: #8bc8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71803,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1DE

secondary

#DFB5A3

accent

#713CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1DE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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