#48BDE7#48BDE7

#48BDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.119 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDE7
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -19.60, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 36.23, 237.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0831 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.119 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2880, 43.5385, 82.1298)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDE7 #E77248

analogous

#48E7C2 #48BDE7 #486EE7

triadic

#48BDE7 #E748BD #BDE748

tetradic

#48BDE7 #C248E7 #E77248 #6EE748

square

#48BDE7 #C248E7 #E77248 #6EE748

split-complementary

#48BDE7 #E7486E #E7C248

monochromatic

#157BA0 #1CA5D6 #48BDE7 #7ED1EE #B4E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48BDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#48BDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDE7

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDE7	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.119 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ee',
    500: '#48bde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bde7;
$custom-light: #8dd1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74979,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDE7

secondary

#E4B7A6

accent

#6734F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDE7

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

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