#48B5E9#48B5E9

#48B5E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.123 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B5E9
RGBrgb(72, 181, 233)
HSLhsl(199, 79%, 60%)
HSVhsv(199, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(69.69, -14.75, -35.01)
CIE-LCHlch(69.69, 38.00, 247.15°)
OKLaboklab(73.22% -0.0745 -0.0983)
OKLCHoklch(73.22% 0.123 232.8)
XYZxyz(33.8985, 40.3049, 83.0681)
Luminance0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B5E9 #E97C48
analogous
#48E9CD #48B5E9 #4864E9
triadic
#48B5E9 #E948B5 #B5E948
tetradic
#48B5E9 #CD48E9 #E97C48 #64E948
square
#48B5E9 #CD48E9 #E97C48 #64E948
split-complementary
#48B5E9 #E94864 #E9CD48
monochromatic
#1475A3 #1A9CDA #48B5E9 #7FCBF0 #B5E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#48B5E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06
#48B5E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5E9
9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B5E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B5E91.002.329.069.06
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0621.001.001.00
##0000009.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BB3EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#85A3E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.123 232.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbf0',
    500: '#48b5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b5e9;
$custom-light: #8dcbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.379,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73222,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B5E9
secondary
#E6BBA7
accent
#7233F5
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#48B5E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva