#48BAE5#48BAE5

#48BAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.118 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAE5
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -18.67, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 36.06, 238.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0808 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.118 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3685, 42.1488, 80.4378)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAE5 #E57348

analogous

#48E5C2 #48BAE5 #486CE5

triadic

#48BAE5 #E548BA #BAE548

tetradic

#48BAE5 #C248E5 #E57348 #6CE548

square

#48BAE5 #C248E5 #E57348 #6CE548

split-complementary

#48BAE5 #E5486C #E5C248

monochromatic

#16789C #1EA1D2 #48BAE5 #7ECEED #B3E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#48BAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAE5

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAE5	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.118 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceed',
    500: '#48bae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bae5;
$custom-light: #8dceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.433,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74198,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAE5

secondary

#E3B6A6

accent

#6936F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAE5

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

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