#48BBE7#48BBE7

#48BBE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.120 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBE7
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 19%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -18.56, -31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 36.45, 239.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0811 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.12 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8608, 42.6840, 81.9874)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBE7 #E77448

analogous

#48E7C4 #48BBE7 #486CE7

triadic

#48BBE7 #E748BB #BBE748

tetradic

#48BBE7 #C448E7 #E77448 #6CE748

square

#48BBE7 #C448E7 #E77448 #6CE748

split-complementary

#48BBE7 #E7486C #E7C448

monochromatic

#1579A0 #1CA2D6 #48BBE7 #7ECFEE #B4E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BBE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#48BBE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBE7

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBE7	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.120 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfee',
    500: '#48bbe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbe7;
$custom-light: #8dcfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.604,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74516,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBE7

secondary

#E4B8A6

accent

#6934F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBE7

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

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