#48B8DE#48B8DE

#48B8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8DE
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -19.84, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 34.59, 235.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0814 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.114 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9924, 40.9290, 75.2544)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8DE #DE6E48

analogous

#48DEB9 #48B8DE #486DDE

triadic

#48B8DE #DE48B8 #B8DE48

tetradic

#48B8DE #B948DE #DE6E48 #6DDE48

square

#48B8DE #B948DE #DE6E48 #6DDE48

split-complementary

#48B8DE #DE486D #DEB948

monochromatic

#1A7391 #249CC5 #48B8DE #7CCCE7 #B0E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48B8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#48B8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8DE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8DE	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#A3B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde8',
    500: '#48b8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8de;
$custom-light: #8ccde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8DE

secondary

#DFB2A3

accent

#683CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8DE

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

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