#48BAE0#48BAE0

#48BAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.115 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAE0
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -20.25, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 34.89, 234.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0827 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.115 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6805, 41.8736, 76.8139)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAE0 #E06E48

analogous

#48E0BA #48BAE0 #486EE0

triadic

#48BAE0 #E048BA #BAE048

tetradic

#48BAE0 #BA48E0 #E06E48 #6EE048

square

#48BAE0 #BA48E0 #E06E48 #6EE048

split-complementary

#48BAE0 #E0486E #E0BA48

monochromatic

#197694 #229FC9 #48BAE0 #7CCEE9 #B1E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#48BAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAE0

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAE0	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.115 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee9',
    500: '#48bae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bae0;
$custom-light: #8ccee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73983,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAE0

secondary

#E0B3A4

accent

#673AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAE0

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

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