#48BCE5#48BCE5

#48BCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.118 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCE5
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -19.71, -29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 35.86, 236.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0828 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.118 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7928, 42.9974, 80.5792)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCE5 #E57148

analogous

#48E5C0 #48BCE5 #486EE5

triadic

#48BCE5 #E548BC #BCE548

tetradic

#48BCE5 #C048E5 #E57148 #6EE548

square

#48BCE5 #C048E5 #E57148 #6EE548

split-complementary

#48BCE5 #E5486E #E5C048

monochromatic

#16799C #1EA3D2 #48BCE5 #7ED0ED #B3E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#48BCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCE5

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCE5	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.118 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ed',
    500: '#48bce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bce5;
$custom-light: #8dd0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.669,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74661,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCE5

secondary

#E3B6A6

accent

#6736F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCE5

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

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