#48BDE8#48BDE8

#48BDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.120 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDE8
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -19.28, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 36.47, 238.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0827 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.12 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4297, 43.5951, 82.8758)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDE8 #E87348

analogous

#48E8C3 #48BDE8 #486DE8

triadic

#48BDE8 #E848BD #BDE848

tetradic

#48BDE8 #C348E8 #E87348 #6DE848

square

#48BDE8 #C348E8 #E87348 #6DE848

split-complementary

#48BDE8 #E8486D #E8C348

monochromatic

#147BA1 #1BA5D8 #48BDE8 #7ED1EF #B5E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48BDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#48BDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDE8

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDE8	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.120 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ef',
    500: '#48bde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bde8;
$custom-light: #8dd1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.125,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75022,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDE8

secondary

#E5B8A7

accent

#6734F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDE8

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

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