#48BCE3#48BCE3

#48BCE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCE3
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 227)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -20.34, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 35.41, 234.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0835 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.116 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5152, 42.8864, 79.1170)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCE3 #E36F48

analogous

#48E3BD #48BCE3 #486EE3

triadic

#48BCE3 #E348BC #BCE348

tetradic

#48BCE3 #BD48E3 #E36F48 #6EE348

square

#48BCE3 #BD48E3 #E36F48 #6EE348

split-complementary

#48BCE3 #E3486E #E3BD48

monochromatic

#177999 #20A2CE #48BCE3 #7DCFEB #B2E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#48BCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCE3

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCE3	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ec',
    500: '#48bce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bce3;
$custom-light: #8dd0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.097,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74576,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCE3

secondary

#E2B4A5

accent

#6638F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCE3

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

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