#48B5E7#48B5E7

#48B5E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.122 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5E7
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -15.40, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 37.37, 245.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0752 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.122 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6144, 40.1913, 81.5719)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5E7 #E77A48

analogous

#48E7CA #48B5E7 #4866E7

triadic

#48B5E7 #E748B5 #B5E748

tetradic

#48B5E7 #CA48E7 #E77A48 #66E748

square

#48B5E7 #CA48E7 #E77A48 #66E748

split-complementary

#48B5E7 #E74866 #E7CA48

monochromatic

#1574A0 #1C9BD6 #48B5E7 #7ECBEE #B4E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48B5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#48B5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5E7

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5E7	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.122 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbee',
    500: '#48b5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5e7;
$custom-light: #8dcbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.868,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73131,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5E7

secondary

#E4BAA6

accent

#7034F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5E7

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

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