#48BDE1#48BDE1

#48BDE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.115 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDE1
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 225)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 16%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -21.48, -27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 34.94, 232.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0853 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.115 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4551, 43.2053, 77.7432)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDE1 #E16C48

analogous

#48E1B9 #48BDE1 #4870E1

triadic

#48BDE1 #E148BD #BDE148

tetradic

#48BDE1 #B948E1 #E16C48 #70E148

square

#48BDE1 #B948E1 #E16C48 #70E148

split-complementary

#48BDE1 #E14870 #E1B948

monochromatic

#197896 #21A3CB #48BDE1 #7DD0EA #B1E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#48BDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDE1

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDE1	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.115 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ea',
    500: '#48bde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bde1;
$custom-light: #8dd1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74725,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDE1

secondary

#E1B2A4

accent

#6439EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDE1

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

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