#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
RGBrgb(72, 183, 232)
HSLhsl(198, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(198, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 21.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.22, -16.14, -33.64)
CIE-LCHlch(70.22, 37.31, 244.37°)
OKLaboklab(73.64% -0.0768 -0.0944)
OKLCHoklch(73.64% 0.122 230.8)
XYZxyz(34.1657, 41.0671, 82.4544)
Luminance0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##48B7E81.002.289.219.21
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2121.001.001.00
##0000009.2121.001.001.00

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

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#48B7E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva