#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
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -16.99, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 36.86, 242.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0782 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.12 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2310, 41.4244, 81.7775)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##48B8E7	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48B8E7

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

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