#48BAE1#48BAE1

#48BAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.115 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAE1
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -19.93, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 35.11, 235.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0823 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.115 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8165, 41.9280, 77.5303)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAE1 #E16F48

analogous

#48E1BB #48BAE1 #486DE1

triadic

#48BAE1 #E148BA #BAE148

tetradic

#48BAE1 #BB48E1 #E16F48 #6DE148

square

#48BAE1 #BB48E1 #E16F48 #6DE148

split-complementary

#48BAE1 #E1486D #E1BB48

monochromatic

#197696 #219FCB #48BAE1 #7DCEEA #B1E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#48BAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAE1

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAE1	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.115 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceea',
    500: '#48bae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bae1;
$custom-light: #8cceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74026,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAE1

secondary

#E1B3A4

accent

#6739EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAE1

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

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