#48B2E1#48B2E1

#48B2E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2E1
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 20.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -15.74, -32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 36.10, 244.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0744 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.118 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1781, 38.6512, 76.9841)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2E1 #E17748

analogous

#48E1C3 #48B2E1 #4865E1

triadic

#48B2E1 #E148B2 #B2E148

tetradic

#48B2E1 #C348E1 #E17748 #65E148

square

#48B2E1 #C348E1 #E17748 #65E148

split-complementary

#48B2E1 #E14865 #E1C348

monochromatic

#196F96 #2197CB #48B2E1 #7DC8EA #B1DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#48B2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#48B2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2E1

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2E1	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9ea',
    500: '#48b2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2e1;
$custom-light: #8cc9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.431,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72169,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2E1

secondary

#E1B7A4

accent

#7139EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2E1

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

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