#48BDE6#48BDE6

#48BDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDE6
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -19.91, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 36.00, 236.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0834 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.118 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1472, 43.4821, 81.3881)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDE6 #E67148

analogous

#48E6C0 #48BDE6 #486EE6

triadic

#48BDE6 #E648BD #BDE648

tetradic

#48BDE6 #C048E6 #E67148 #6EE648

square

#48BDE6 #C048E6 #E67148 #6EE648

split-complementary

#48BDE6 #E6486E #E6C048

monochromatic

#167B9E #1DA4D4 #48BDE6 #7ED0ED #B4E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48BDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#48BDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDE6

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDE6	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ee',
    500: '#48bde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bde6;
$custom-light: #8dd1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.57,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74936,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDE6

secondary

#E4B6A6

accent

#6635F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDE6

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

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