#48BBE1#48BBE1

#48BBE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.115 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBE1
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 16.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -20.45, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 35.04, 234.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0833 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.115 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0279, 42.3508, 77.6007)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBE1 #E16E48

analogous

#48E1BA #48BBE1 #486EE1

triadic

#48BBE1 #E148BB #BBE148

tetradic

#48BBE1 #BA48E1 #E16E48 #6EE148

square

#48BBE1 #BA48E1 #E16E48 #6EE148

split-complementary

#48BBE1 #E1486E #E1BA48

monochromatic

#197796 #21A1CB #48BBE1 #7DCFEA #B1E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BBE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#48BBE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBE1

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBE1	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.115 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfea',
    500: '#48bbe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbe1;
$custom-light: #8ccfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.902,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74258,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBE1

secondary

#E1B3A4

accent

#6639EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBE1

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

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