#48B2E3#48B2E3

#48B2E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2E3
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 227)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -15.09, -33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 36.70, 245.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0737 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.119 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4525, 38.7610, 78.4295)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2E3 #E37948

analogous

#48E3C7 #48B2E3 #4864E3

triadic

#48B2E3 #E348B2 #B2E348

tetradic

#48B2E3 #C748E3 #E37948 #64E348

square

#48B2E3 #C748E3 #E37948 #64E348

split-complementary

#48B2E3 #E34864 #E3C748

monochromatic

#177099 #2097CE #48B2E3 #7DC8EB #B2DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#48B2E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#48B2E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2E3

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2E3	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9ec',
    500: '#48b2e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2e3;
$custom-light: #8cc9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.968,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72259,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2E3

secondary

#E2B8A5

accent

#7238F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2E3

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

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