#48BAE3#48BAE3

#48BAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAE3
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -19.30, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 35.57, 237.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0816 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.117 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0909, 42.0378, 78.9756)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAE3 #E37148

analogous

#48E3BE #48BAE3 #486CE3

triadic

#48BAE3 #E348BA #BAE348

tetradic

#48BAE3 #BE48E3 #E37148 #6CE348

square

#48BAE3 #BE48E3 #E37148 #6CE348

split-complementary

#48BAE3 #E3486C #E3BE48

monochromatic

#177799 #20A0CE #48BAE3 #7DCEEB #B2E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#48BAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAE3

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAE3	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceec',
    500: '#48bae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bae3;
$custom-light: #8dceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.871,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74111,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAE3

secondary

#E2B5A5

accent

#6838F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAE3

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

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