#48B7DE#48B7DE

#48B7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7DE
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -19.32, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 34.67, 236.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0804 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.114 225)
XYZ	xyz(32.7855, 40.5150, 75.1854)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7DE #DE6F48

analogous

#48DEBA #48B7DE #486CDE

triadic

#48B7DE #DE48B7 #B7DE48

tetradic

#48B7DE #BA48DE #DE6F48 #6CDE48

square

#48B7DE #BA48DE #DE6F48 #6CDE48

split-complementary

#48B7DE #DE486C #DEBA48

monochromatic

#1A7291 #249BC5 #48B7DE #7CCBE7 #B0E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48B7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#48B7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7DE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7DE	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce8',
    500: '#48b7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7de;
$custom-light: #8ccce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.40519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7DE

secondary

#DFB2A3

accent

#693CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7DE

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

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