#48B6E7#48B6E7

#48B6E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.121 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6E7
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -15.93, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 37.19, 244.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0762 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.121 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8185, 40.5994, 81.6400)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6E7 #E77948

analogous

#48E7C9 #48B6E7 #4866E7

triadic

#48B6E7 #E748B6 #B6E748

tetradic

#48B6E7 #C948E7 #E77948 #66E748

square

#48B6E7 #C948E7 #E77948 #66E748

split-complementary

#48B6E7 #E74866 #E7C948

monochromatic

#1575A0 #1C9DD6 #48B6E7 #7ECCEE #B4E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48B6E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#48B6E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6E7

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6E7	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.121 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbee',
    500: '#48b6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6e7;
$custom-light: #8dcbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.491,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73362,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6E7

secondary

#E4BAA6

accent

#6F34F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6E7

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

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