#48BBE0#48BBE0

#48BBE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBE0
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 224)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -20.76, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 34.83, 233.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0837 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.114 223)
XYZ	xyz(33.8919, 42.2964, 76.8844)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBE0 #E06D48

analogous

#48E0B9 #48BBE0 #486FE0

triadic

#48BBE0 #E048BB #BBE048

tetradic

#48BBE0 #B948E0 #E06D48 #6FE048

square

#48BBE0 #B948E0 #E06D48 #6FE048

split-complementary

#48BBE0 #E0486F #E0B948

monochromatic

#197694 #22A0C9 #48BBE0 #7CCEE9 #B1E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BBE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#48BBE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBE0

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBE0	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)

#A6B7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe9',
    500: '#48bbe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbe0;
$custom-light: #8ccfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.605,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74216,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBE0

secondary

#E0B2A4

accent

#663AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBE0

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

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