#48BBE4#48BBE4

#48BBE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBE4
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 18%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -19.51, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 35.71, 236.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0822 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.117 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4407, 42.5160, 79.7750)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBE4 #E47148

analogous

#48E4BF #48BBE4 #486DE4

triadic

#48BBE4 #E448BB #BBE448

tetradic

#48BBE4 #BF48E4 #E47148 #6DE448

square

#48BBE4 #BF48E4 #E47148 #6DE448

split-complementary

#48BBE4 #E4486D #E4BF48

monochromatic

#17789B #1FA1D0 #48BBE4 #7DCFEC #B3E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#48BBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBE4

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBE4	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfec',
    500: '#48bbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbe4;
$custom-light: #8dcfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.769,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74386,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBE4

secondary

#E3B5A5

accent

#6837F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBE4

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

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