#48B4E1#48B4E1

#48B4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4E1
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -16.80, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 35.78, 242.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0763 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.117 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5789, 39.4529, 77.1178)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4E1 #E17548

analogous

#48E1C1 #48B4E1 #4867E1

triadic

#48B4E1 #E148B4 #B4E148

tetradic

#48B4E1 #C148E1 #E17548 #67E148

square

#48B4E1 #C148E1 #E17548 #67E148

split-complementary

#48B4E1 #E14867 #E1C148

monochromatic

#197196 #2199CB #48B4E1 #7DCAEA #B1DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48B4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#48B4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4E1

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4E1	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccaea',
    500: '#48b4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4e1;
$custom-light: #8ccaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72632,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4E1

secondary

#E1B6A4

accent

#6F39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4E1

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

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