#48B9E7#48B9E7

#48B9E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9E7
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -17.51, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 36.71, 241.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0791 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.12 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4395, 41.8413, 81.8469)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9E7 #E77648

analogous

#48E7C5 #48B9E7 #486AE7

triadic

#48B9E7 #E748B9 #B9E748

tetradic

#48B9E7 #C548E7 #E77648 #6AE748

square

#48B9E7 #C548E7 #E77648 #6AE748

split-complementary

#48B9E7 #E7486A #E7C548

monochromatic

#1578A0 #1CA0D6 #48B9E7 #7ECEEE #B4E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48B9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#48B9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9E7

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9E7	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceee',
    500: '#48b9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9e7;
$custom-light: #8dceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.358,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74054,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9E7

secondary

#E4B8A6

accent

#6C34F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9E7

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

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