#48BAE6#48BAE6

#48BAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.119 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAE6
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -18.35, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 36.31, 239.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0805 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.119 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5086, 42.2048, 81.1752)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAE6 #E67448

analogous

#48E6C3 #48BAE6 #486BE6

triadic

#48BAE6 #E648BA #BAE648

tetradic

#48BAE6 #C348E6 #E67448 #6BE648

square

#48BAE6 #C348E6 #E67448 #6BE648

split-complementary

#48BAE6 #E6486B #E6C348

monochromatic

#16789E #1DA1D4 #48BAE6 #7ECEED #B4E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#48BAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAE6

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAE6	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.119 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceee',
    500: '#48bae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bae6;
$custom-light: #8dceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.709,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74241,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAE6

secondary

#E4B7A6

accent

#6A35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAE6

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

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