#48BAE7#48BAE7

#48BAE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.120 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAE7
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -18.04, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 36.57, 240.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0801 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.12 228)
XYZ	xyz(34.6494, 42.2612, 81.9169)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAE7 #E77548

analogous

#48E7C5 #48BAE7 #486BE7

triadic

#48BAE7 #E748BA #BAE748

tetradic

#48BAE7 #C548E7 #E77548 #6BE748

square

#48BAE7 #C548E7 #E77548 #6BE748

split-complementary

#48BAE7 #E7486B #E7C548

monochromatic

#1578A0 #1CA1D6 #48BAE7 #7ECEEE #B4E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#48BAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAE7

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAE7	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.120 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceee',
    500: '#48bae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bae7;
$custom-light: #8dceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.981,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74285,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.42265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAE7

secondary

#E4B8A6

accent

#6A34F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAE7

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

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