#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
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -14.75, -35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 38.00, 247.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0745 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.123 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8985, 40.3049, 83.0681)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##48B5E9	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48B5E9

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

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