#48B8E7#48B8E7

#48B8E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B8E7
RGBrgb(72, 184, 231)
HSLhsl(198, 77%, 59%)
HSVhsv(198, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(70.47, -16.99, -32.71)
CIE-LCHlch(70.47, 36.86, 242.55°)
OKLaboklab(73.82% -0.0782 -0.0917)
OKLCHoklch(73.82% 0.12 229.6)
XYZxyz(34.2310, 41.4244, 81.7775)
Luminance0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B8E7 #E77748
analogous
#48E7C7 #48B8E7 #4869E7
triadic
#48B8E7 #E748B8 #B8E748
tetradic
#48B8E7 #C748E7 #E77748 #69E748
square
#48B8E7 #C748E7 #E77748 #69E748
split-complementary
#48B8E7 #E74869 #E7C748
monochromatic
#1577A0 #1C9FD6 #48B8E7 #7ECDEE #B4E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#48B8E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29
#48B8E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8E7
9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B8E7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B8E71.002.269.299.29
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2921.001.001.00
##0000009.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0B5E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA5E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 229.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdee',
    500: '#48b8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b8e7;
$custom-light: #8dcdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.736,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73823,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B8E7
secondary
#E4B9A6
accent
#6D34F3
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#48B8E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva