#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
RGBrgb(72, 185, 225)
HSLhsl(196, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(196, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 17.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.53, -19.41, -29.35)
CIE-LCHlch(70.53, 35.19, 236.52°)
OKLaboklab(73.79% -0.0813 -0.0821)
OKLCHoklch(73.79% 0.116 225.3)
XYZxyz(33.6066, 41.5082, 77.4603)
Luminance0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##48B9E11.002.269.309.30
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3021.001.001.00
##0000009.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#48B9E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva