#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
RGBrgb(72, 189, 230)
HSLhsl(196, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(196, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(71.88, -19.91, -29.99)
CIE-LCHlch(71.88, 36.00, 236.42°)
OKLaboklab(74.94% -0.0834 -0.0839)
OKLCHoklch(74.94% 0.118 225.2)
XYZxyz(35.1472, 43.4821, 81.3881)
Luminance0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##48BDE61.002.179.709.70
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7021.001.001.00
##0000009.7021.001.001.00

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

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#48BDE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva