#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
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 20.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -16.67, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 37.14, 243.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0778 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.121 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3726, 41.4811, 82.5234)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##48B8E8	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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