#48BCE7#48BCE7

#48BCE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.119 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCE7
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -19.08, -30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 36.33, 238.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0821 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.119 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0737, 43.1097, 82.0584)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCE7 #E77348

analogous

#48E7C2 #48BCE7 #486DE7

triadic

#48BCE7 #E748BC #BCE748

tetradic

#48BCE7 #C248E7 #E77348 #6DE748

square

#48BCE7 #C248E7 #E77348 #6DE748

split-complementary

#48BCE7 #E7486D #E7C248

monochromatic

#157AA0 #1CA4D6 #48BCE7 #7ED0EE #B4E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#48BCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCE7

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCE7	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.119 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ee',
    500: '#48bce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bce7;
$custom-light: #8dd0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.226,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74747,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCE7

secondary

#E4B7A6

accent

#6834F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCE7

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

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