#48BDE5#48BDE5

#48BDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDE5
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -20.23, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 35.77, 235.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0838 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.118 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0072, 43.4261, 80.6507)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDE5 #E57048

analogous

#48E5BF #48BDE5 #486FE5

triadic

#48BDE5 #E548BD #BDE548

tetradic

#48BDE5 #BF48E5 #E57048 #6FE548

square

#48BDE5 #BF48E5 #E57048 #6FE548

split-complementary

#48BDE5 #E5486F #E5BF48

monochromatic

#167A9C #1EA4D2 #48BDE5 #7ED0ED #B3E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48BDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#48BDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDE5

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDE5	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ed',
    500: '#48bde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bde5;
$custom-light: #8dd1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.287,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74893,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDE5

secondary

#E3B5A6

accent

#6636F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDE5

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

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