#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
RGBrgb(72, 182, 231)
HSLhsl(198, 77%, 59%)
HSVhsv(198, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.89, -15.93, -33.60)
CIE-LCHlch(69.89, 37.19, 244.63°)
OKLaboklab(73.36% -0.0762 -0.0943)
OKLCHoklch(73.36% 0.121 231.1)
XYZxyz(33.8185, 40.5994, 81.6400)
Luminance0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##48B6E71.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

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

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#48B6E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva