#48BBE3#48BBE3

#48BBE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.117 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBE3
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 227)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -19.82, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 35.48, 236.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0825 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.117 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3023, 42.4606, 79.0461)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBE3 #E37048

analogous

#48E3BD #48BBE3 #486DE3

triadic

#48BBE3 #E348BB #BBE348

tetradic

#48BBE3 #BD48E3 #E37048 #6DE348

square

#48BBE3 #BD48E3 #E37048 #6DE348

split-complementary

#48BBE3 #E3486D #E3BD48

monochromatic

#177899 #20A1CE #48BBE3 #7DCFEB #B2E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BBE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#48BBE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBE3

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBE3	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.117 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfec',
    500: '#48bbe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbe3;
$custom-light: #8dcfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74343,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBE3

secondary

#E2B5A5

accent

#6738F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBE3

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

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