#48B9E1#48B9E1

#48B9E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.116 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9E1
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 17.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -19.41, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 35.19, 236.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0813 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.116 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6066, 41.5082, 77.4603)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9E1 #E17048

analogous

#48E1BC #48B9E1 #486CE1

triadic

#48B9E1 #E148B9 #B9E148

tetradic

#48B9E1 #BC48E1 #E17048 #6CE148

square

#48B9E1 #BC48E1 #E17048 #6CE148

split-complementary

#48B9E1 #E1486C #E1BC48

monochromatic

#197596 #219ECB #48B9E1 #7DCDEA #B1E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48B9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#48B9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9E1

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9E1	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)

#A3B5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.116 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceea',
    500: '#48b9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9e1;
$custom-light: #8cceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73793,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9E1

secondary

#E1B4A4

accent

#6939EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9E1

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

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