#48BBE6#48BBE6

#48BBE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.119 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBE6
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -18.88, -30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 36.19, 238.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0815 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.119 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7200, 42.6277, 81.2457)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBE6 #E67348

analogous

#48E6C2 #48BBE6 #486CE6

triadic

#48BBE6 #E648BB #BBE648

tetradic

#48BBE6 #C248E6 #E67348 #6CE648

square

#48BBE6 #C248E6 #E67348 #6CE648

split-complementary

#48BBE6 #E6486C #E6C248

monochromatic

#16799E #1DA2D4 #48BBE6 #7ECFED #B4E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#48BBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBE6

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBE6	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.119 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfee',
    500: '#48bbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbe6;
$custom-light: #8dcfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.329,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74473,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBE6

secondary

#E4B7A6

accent

#6935F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBE6

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

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