#48B7E7#48B7E7

#48B7E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.121 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7E7
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -16.46, -33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 37.02, 243.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0772 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.121 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0240, 41.0104, 81.7085)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7E7 #E77848

analogous

#48E7C8 #48B7E7 #4868E7

triadic

#48B7E7 #E748B7 #B7E748

tetradic

#48B7E7 #C848E7 #E77848 #68E748

square

#48B7E7 #C848E7 #E77848 #68E748

split-complementary

#48B7E7 #E74868 #E7C848

monochromatic

#1576A0 #1C9ED6 #48B7E7 #7ECCEE #B4E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48B7E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#48B7E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7E7

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7E7	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.121 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dccee',
    500: '#48b7e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7e7;
$custom-light: #8dccee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.113,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73592,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7E7

secondary

#E4B9A6

accent

#6E34F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7E7

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

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