#48B7E8#48B7E8

#48B7E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.122 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7E8
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 21.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -16.14, -33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 37.31, 244.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0768 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.122 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1657, 41.0671, 82.4544)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7E8 #E87948

analogous

#48E8C9 #48B7E8 #4867E8

triadic

#48B7E8 #E848B7 #B7E848

tetradic

#48B7E8 #C948E8 #E87948 #67E848

square

#48B7E8 #C948E8 #E87948 #67E848

split-complementary

#48B7E8 #E84867 #E8C948

monochromatic

#1476A1 #1B9ED8 #48B7E8 #7ECCEF #B5E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48B7E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#48B7E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7E8

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7E8	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.122 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dccef',
    500: '#48b7e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7e8;
$custom-light: #8dccef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.375,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73637,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7E8

secondary

#E5BAA7

accent

#6F34F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7E8

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

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