#48BDE2#48BDE2

#48BDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.116 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDE2
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -21.17, -28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 35.14, 232.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0849 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.116 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5919, 43.2600, 78.4637)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDE2 #E26D48

analogous

#48E2BA #48BDE2 #4870E2

triadic

#48BDE2 #E248BD #BDE248

tetradic

#48BDE2 #BA48E2 #E26D48 #70E248

square

#48BDE2 #BA48E2 #E26D48 #70E248

split-complementary

#48BDE2 #E24870 #E2BA48

monochromatic

#187998 #20A3CC #48BDE2 #7DD0EA #B2E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#48BDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDE2

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDE2	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.116 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1eb',
    500: '#48bde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bde2;
$custom-light: #8dd1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.416,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74766,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDE2

secondary

#E1B3A4

accent

#6438EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDE2

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

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