#48BCE8#48BCE8

#48BCE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.120 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCE8
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -18.76, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 36.58, 239.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0817 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.12 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2153, 43.1664, 82.8043)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCE8 #E87448

analogous

#48E8C4 #48BCE8 #486CE8

triadic

#48BCE8 #E848BC #BCE848

tetradic

#48BCE8 #C448E8 #E87448 #6CE848

square

#48BCE8 #C448E8 #E87448 #6CE848

split-complementary

#48BCE8 #E8486C #E8C448

monochromatic

#147BA1 #1BA4D8 #48BCE8 #7ED0EF #B5E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#48BCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCE8

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCE8	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.120 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ef',
    500: '#48bce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bce8;
$custom-light: #8dd0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74791,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCE8

secondary

#E5B8A7

accent

#6934F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCE8

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

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