#48B4E3#48B4E3

#48B4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.119 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4E3
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -16.16, -32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 36.35, 243.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0756 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.119 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8533, 39.5627, 78.5631)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4E3 #E37748

analogous

#48E3C5 #48B4E3 #4866E3

triadic

#48B4E3 #E348B4 #B4E348

tetradic

#48B4E3 #C548E3 #E37748 #66E348

square

#48B4E3 #C548E3 #E37748 #66E348

split-complementary

#48B4E3 #E34866 #E3C548

monochromatic

#177299 #2099CE #48B4E3 #7DCAEB #B2E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48B4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#48B4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4E3

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4E3	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.119 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccaec',
    500: '#48b4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4e3;
$custom-light: #8ccaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.194,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72721,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4E3

secondary

#E2B7A5

accent

#7038F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4E3

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

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