#48BBE8#48BBE8

#48BBE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBE8
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 19.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -18.24, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 36.70, 240.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0807 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.12 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0024, 42.7406, 82.7333)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBE8 #E87548

analogous

#48E8C5 #48BBE8 #486BE8

triadic

#48BBE8 #E848BB #BBE848

tetradic

#48BBE8 #C548E8 #E87548 #6BE848

square

#48BBE8 #C548E8 #E87548 #6BE848

split-complementary

#48BBE8 #E8486B #E8C548

monochromatic

#147AA1 #1BA3D8 #48BBE8 #7ECFEF #B5E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#48BBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBE8

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBE8	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfef',
    500: '#48bbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbe8;
$custom-light: #8dcfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7456,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBE8

secondary

#E5B8A7

accent

#6A34F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBE8

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

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