#48B5DE#48B5DE

#48B5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5DE
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -18.27, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 34.86, 238.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0784 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.114 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3759, 39.6958, 75.0489)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5DE #DE7148

analogous

#48DEBC #48B5DE #486ADE

triadic

#48B5DE #DE48B5 #B5DE48

tetradic

#48B5DE #BC48DE #DE7148 #6ADE48

square

#48B5DE #BC48DE #DE7148 #6ADE48

split-complementary

#48B5DE #DE486A #DEBC48

monochromatic

#1A7191 #2499C5 #48B5DE #7CCAE7 #B0DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48B5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#48B5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5DE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5DE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe8',
    500: '#48b5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5de;
$custom-light: #8ccbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72733,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5DE

secondary

#DFB3A3

accent

#6C3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5DE

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

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