#48BAE2#48BAE2

#48BAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.116 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAE2
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -19.62, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 35.34, 236.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0819 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.116 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9533, 41.9827, 78.2508)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAE2 #E27048

analogous

#48E2BD #48BAE2 #486DE2

triadic

#48BAE2 #E248BA #BAE248

tetradic

#48BAE2 #BD48E2 #E27048 #6DE248

square

#48BAE2 #BD48E2 #E27048 #6DE248

split-complementary

#48BAE2 #E2486D #E2BD48

monochromatic

#187698 #20A0CC #48BAE2 #7DCEEA #B2E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#48BAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAE2

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAE2	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.116 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceeb',
    500: '#48bae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bae2;
$custom-light: #8dceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74068,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAE2

secondary

#E1B4A4

accent

#6838EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAE2

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

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