#48B3DE#48B3DE

#48B3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3DE
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -17.22, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 35.10, 240.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0764 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.115 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9721, 38.8883, 74.9143)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3DE #DE7348

analogous

#48DEBE #48B3DE #4868DE

triadic

#48B3DE #DE48B3 #B3DE48

tetradic

#48B3DE #BE48DE #DE7348 #68DE48

square

#48B3DE #BE48DE #DE7348 #68DE48

split-complementary

#48B3DE #DE4868 #DEBE48

monochromatic

#1A6F91 #2497C5 #48B3DE #7CC9E7 #B0DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48B3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#48B3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3DE

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3DE	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e8',
    500: '#48b3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3de;
$custom-light: #8cc9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72268,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3DE

secondary

#DFB4A3

accent

#6E3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3DE

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

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