#48BCE6#48BCE6

#48BCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.119 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCE6
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -19.40, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 36.09, 237.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0824 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.119 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9329, 43.0534, 81.3167)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCE6 #E67248

analogous

#48E6C1 #48BCE6 #486DE6

triadic

#48BCE6 #E648BC #BCE648

tetradic

#48BCE6 #C148E6 #E67248 #6DE648

square

#48BCE6 #C148E6 #E67248 #6DE648

split-complementary

#48BCE6 #E6486D #E6C148

monochromatic

#167A9E #1DA3D4 #48BCE6 #7ED0ED #B4E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#48BCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCE6

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCE6	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.119 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ee',
    500: '#48bce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bce6;
$custom-light: #8dd0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.949,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74704,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCE6

secondary

#E4B6A6

accent

#6835F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCE6

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

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