#48B4E0#48B4E0

#48B4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4E0
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -17.11, -31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 35.50, 241.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0767 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.116 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4429, 39.3985, 76.4014)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4E0 #E07448

analogous

#48E0C0 #48B4E0 #4868E0

triadic

#48B4E0 #E048B4 #B4E048

tetradic

#48B4E0 #C048E0 #E07448 #68E048

square

#48B4E0 #C048E0 #E07448 #68E048

split-complementary

#48B4E0 #E04868 #E0C048

monochromatic

#197194 #2299C9 #48B4E0 #7CC9E9 #B1DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48B4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#48B4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4E0

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4E0	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae9',
    500: '#48b4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4e0;
$custom-light: #8ccae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.368,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72588,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4E0

secondary

#E0B5A4

accent

#6E3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4E0

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

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