#48BCE4#48BCE4

#48BCE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCE4
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -20.03, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 35.63, 235.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0832 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.117 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6536, 42.9417, 79.8460)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCE4 #E47048

analogous

#48E4BE #48BCE4 #486EE4

triadic

#48BCE4 #E448BC #BCE448

tetradic

#48BCE4 #BE48E4 #E47048 #6EE448

square

#48BCE4 #BE48E4 #E47048 #6EE448

split-complementary

#48BCE4 #E4486E #E4BE48

monochromatic

#17799B #1FA3D0 #48BCE4 #7DD0EC #B3E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#48BCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCE4

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCE4	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ec',
    500: '#48bce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bce4;
$custom-light: #8dd0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74619,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCE4

secondary

#E3B5A5

accent

#6737F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCE4

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

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