#48B8E8#48B8E8

#48B8E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.121 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B8E8
RGBrgb(72, 184, 232)
HSLhsl(198, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(198, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 20.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.51, -16.67, -33.19)
CIE-LCHlch(70.51, 37.14, 243.34°)
OKLaboklab(73.87% -0.0778 -0.0931)
OKLCHoklch(73.87% 0.121 230.1)
XYZxyz(34.3726, 41.4811, 82.5234)
Luminance0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B8E8 #E87848
analogous
#48E8C8 #48B8E8 #4868E8
triadic
#48B8E8 #E848B8 #B8E848
tetradic
#48B8E8 #C848E8 #E87848 #68E848
square
#48B8E8 #C848E8 #E87848 #68E848
split-complementary
#48B8E8 #E84868 #E8C848
monochromatic
#1477A1 #1B9FD8 #48B8E8 #7ECDEF #B5E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#48B8E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30
#48B8E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8E8
9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B8E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B8E81.002.269.309.30
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3021.001.001.00
##0000009.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FB5EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA5E7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.121 230.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdef',
    500: '#48b8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b8e8;
$custom-light: #8dcdef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73867,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B8E8
secondary
#E5B9A7
accent
#6D34F4
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8E8

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#48B8E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva