#48B6DE#48B6DE

#48B6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6DE
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -18.80, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 34.76, 237.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0794 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.114 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5799, 40.1040, 75.1169)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6DE #DE7048

analogous

#48DEBB #48B6DE #486BDE

triadic

#48B6DE #DE48B6 #B6DE48

tetradic

#48B6DE #BB48DE #DE7048 #6BDE48

square

#48B6DE #BB48DE #DE7048 #6BDE48

split-complementary

#48B6DE #DE486B #DEBB48

monochromatic

#1A7291 #249AC5 #48B6DE #7CCBE7 #B0DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48B6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#48B6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6DE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6DE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce8',
    500: '#48b6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6de;
$custom-light: #8ccce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72966,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6DE

secondary

#DFB3A3

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6DE

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

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