#48BDE4#48BDE4

#48BDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDE4
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -20.54, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 35.55, 234.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0842 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.117 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8680, 43.3704, 79.9175)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDE4 #E46F48

analogous

#48E4BD #48BDE4 #486FE4

triadic

#48BDE4 #E448BD #BDE448

tetradic

#48BDE4 #BD48E4 #E46F48 #6FE448

square

#48BDE4 #BD48E4 #E46F48 #6FE448

split-complementary

#48BDE4 #E4486F #E4BD48

monochromatic

#177A9B #1FA4D0 #48BDE4 #7DD0EC #B3E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48BDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#48BDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDE4

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDE4	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ec',
    500: '#48bde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bde4;
$custom-light: #8dd1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74851,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDE4

secondary

#E3B5A5

accent

#6537F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDE4

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

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