#48B4E2#48B4E2

#48B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.118 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4E2
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -16.48, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 36.06, 242.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.076 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.118 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7157, 39.5076, 77.8383)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4E2 #E27648

analogous

#48E2C3 #48B4E2 #4867E2

triadic

#48B4E2 #E248B4 #B4E248

tetradic

#48B4E2 #C348E2 #E27648 #67E248

square

#48B4E2 #C348E2 #E27648 #67E248

split-complementary

#48B4E2 #E24867 #E2C348

monochromatic

#187198 #2099CC #48B4E2 #7DCAEA #B2DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#48B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4E2

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4E2	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)

#9CB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.118 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccaeb',
    500: '#48b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4e2;
$custom-light: #8ccaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.922,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72676,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4E2

secondary

#E1B7A4

accent

#6F38EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4E2

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

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