#48BBE5#48BBE5

#48BBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.118 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBE5
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -19.19, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 35.95, 237.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0818 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.118 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5799, 42.5716, 80.5083)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBE5 #E57248

analogous

#48E5C1 #48BBE5 #486DE5

triadic

#48BBE5 #E548BB #BBE548

tetradic

#48BBE5 #C148E5 #E57248 #6DE548

square

#48BBE5 #C148E5 #E57248 #6DE548

split-complementary

#48BBE5 #E5486D #E5C148

monochromatic

#16789C #1EA2D2 #48BBE5 #7ECFED #B3E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#48BBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBE5

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBE5	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.118 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfed',
    500: '#48bbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbe5;
$custom-light: #8dcfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.051,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74429,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBE5

secondary

#E3B6A6

accent

#6836F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBE5

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

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