#48B4E7#48B4E7

#48B4E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4E7
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -14.87, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 37.56, 246.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0742 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.122 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4118, 39.7860, 81.5044)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4E7 #E77B48

analogous

#48E7CA #48B4E7 #4865E7

triadic

#48B4E7 #E748B4 #B4E748

tetradic

#48B4E7 #CA48E7 #E77B48 #65E748

square

#48B4E7 #CA48E7 #E77B48 #65E748

split-complementary

#48B4E7 #E74865 #E7CA48

monochromatic

#1573A0 #1C9AD6 #48B4E7 #7ECAEE #B4E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#48B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#48B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4E7

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4E7	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcaee',
    500: '#48b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4e7;
$custom-light: #8dcaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.245,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72901,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4E7

secondary

#E4BAA6

accent

#7234F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4E7

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

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