#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
RGBrgb(72, 180, 222)
HSLhsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(197, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.96, -17.75, -30.13)
CIE-LCHlch(68.96, 34.97, 239.50°)
OKLaboklab(72.5% -0.0774 -0.0843)
OKLCHoklch(72.5% 0.114 227.4)
XYZxyz(32.1733, 39.2906, 74.9813)
Luminance0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##48B4DE1.002.378.868.86
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8621.001.001.00
##0000008.8621.001.001.00

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

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#48B4DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva