#48BAE8#48BAE8

#48BAE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.121 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAE8
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -17.72, -32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 36.84, 241.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0798 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.121 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7910, 42.3178, 82.6629)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAE8 #E87648

analogous

#48E8C6 #48BAE8 #486AE8

triadic

#48BAE8 #E848BA #BAE848

tetradic

#48BAE8 #C648E8 #E87648 #6AE848

square

#48BAE8 #C648E8 #E87648 #6AE848

split-complementary

#48BAE8 #E8486A #E8C648

monochromatic

#1479A1 #1BA1D8 #48BAE8 #7ECEEF #B5E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#48BAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAE8

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAE8	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.121 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceef',
    500: '#48bae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bae8;
$custom-light: #8dceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74329,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAE8

secondary

#E5B9A7

accent

#6B34F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAE8

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

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