#48B7E1#48B7E1

#48B7E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.116 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7E1
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 18.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -18.37, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 35.39, 238.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0793 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.116 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1911, 40.6773, 77.3218)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7E1 #E17248

analogous

#48E1BF #48B7E1 #486AE1

triadic

#48B7E1 #E148B7 #B7E148

tetradic

#48B7E1 #BF48E1 #E17248 #6AE148

square

#48B7E1 #BF48E1 #E17248 #6AE148

split-complementary

#48B7E1 #E1486A #E1BF48

monochromatic

#197496 #219CCB #48B7E1 #7DCCEA #B1E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48B7E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#48B7E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7E1

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7E1	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.116 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cccea',
    500: '#48b7e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7e1;
$custom-light: #8cccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73328,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7E1

secondary

#E1B5A4

accent

#6B39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7E1

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

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