#48B3E9#48B3E9

#48B3E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.124 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3E9
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -13.68, -35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 38.43, 249.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0726 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.124 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4948, 39.4974, 82.9335)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3E9 #E97E48

analogous

#48E9CE #48B3E9 #4863E9

triadic

#48B3E9 #E948B3 #B3E948

tetradic

#48B3E9 #CE48E9 #E97E48 #63E948

square

#48B3E9 #CE48E9 #E97E48 #63E948

split-complementary

#48B3E9 #E94863 #E9CE48

monochromatic

#1473A3 #1A99DA #48B3E9 #7FCAF0 #B5E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48B3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#48B3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3E9

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3E9	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.124 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9f0',
    500: '#48b3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3e9;
$custom-light: #8dc9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.124,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72764,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3E9

secondary

#E6BCA7

accent

#7433F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3E9

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

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