#48B7E6#48B7E6

#48B7E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.120 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7E6
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -16.78, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 36.73, 242.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0775 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.12 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8832, 40.9541, 80.9668)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7E6 #E67748

analogous

#48E6C6 #48B7E6 #4868E6

triadic

#48B7E6 #E648B7 #B7E648

tetradic

#48B7E6 #C648E6 #E67748 #68E648

square

#48B7E6 #C648E6 #E67748 #68E648

split-complementary

#48B7E6 #E64868 #E6C648

monochromatic

#16759E #1D9DD4 #48B7E6 #7ECCED #B4E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48B7E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#48B7E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7E6

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7E6	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.120 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dccee',
    500: '#48b7e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7e6;
$custom-light: #8dccee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.848,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73548,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7E6

secondary

#E4B8A6

accent

#6E35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7E6

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

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