#48B4DE#48B4DE

#48B4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4DE
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -17.75, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 34.97, 239.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0774 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.114 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1733, 39.2906, 74.9813)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4DE #DE7248

analogous

#48DEBD #48B4DE #4869DE

triadic

#48B4DE #DE48B4 #B4DE48

tetradic

#48B4DE #BD48DE #DE7248 #69DE48

square

#48B4DE #BD48DE #DE7248 #69DE48

split-complementary

#48B4DE #DE4869 #DEBD48

monochromatic

#1A7091 #2498C5 #48B4DE #7CC9E7 #B0DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48B4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#48B4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4DE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4DE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae8',
    500: '#48b4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4de;
$custom-light: #8ccae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.725,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4DE

secondary

#DFB4A3

accent

#6D3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4DE

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

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