#48B8E1#48B8E1

#48B8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.116 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8E1
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 18.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -18.89, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 35.28, 237.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0803 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.116 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3981, 41.0912, 77.3908)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8E1 #E17148

analogous

#48E1BD #48B8E1 #486CE1

triadic

#48B8E1 #E148B8 #B8E148

tetradic

#48B8E1 #BD48E1 #E17148 #6CE148

square

#48B8E1 #BD48E1 #E17148 #6CE148

split-complementary

#48B8E1 #E1486C #E1BD48

monochromatic

#197496 #219DCB #48B8E1 #7DCCEA #B1E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48B8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#48B8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8E1

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8E1	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.116 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdea',
    500: '#48b8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8e1;
$custom-light: #8ccdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7356,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8E1

secondary

#E1B4A4

accent

#6A39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8E1

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

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