#48BCE1#48BCE1

#48BCE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCE1
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -20.97, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 34.99, 233.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0843 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.115 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2408, 42.7766, 77.6717)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCE1 #E16D48

analogous

#48E1BA #48BCE1 #486FE1

triadic

#48BCE1 #E148BC #BCE148

tetradic

#48BCE1 #BA48E1 #E16D48 #6FE148

square

#48BCE1 #BA48E1 #E16D48 #6FE148

split-complementary

#48BCE1 #E1486F #E1BA48

monochromatic

#197896 #21A2CB #48BCE1 #7DCFEA #B1E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BCE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#48BCE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCE1

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCE1	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ea',
    500: '#48bce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bce1;
$custom-light: #8dd0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.51,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74491,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCE1

secondary

#E1B3A4

accent

#6539EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCE1

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

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