#48B9DE#48B9DE

#48B9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9DE
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -20.36, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 34.53, 233.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0824 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.113 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2009, 41.3459, 75.3239)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9DE #DE6D48

analogous

#48DEB8 #48B9DE #486EDE

triadic

#48B9DE #DE48B9 #B9DE48

tetradic

#48B9DE #B848DE #DE6D48 #6EDE48

square

#48B9DE #B848DE #DE6D48 #6EDE48

split-complementary

#48B9DE #DE486E #DEB848

monochromatic

#1A7491 #249DC5 #48B9DE #7CCDE7 #B0E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48B9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#48B9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9DE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9DE	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee8',
    500: '#48b9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9de;
$custom-light: #8ccee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73665,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9DE

secondary

#DFB2A3

accent

#673CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9DE

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

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