#48BEE0#48BEE0

#48BEE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEE0
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 224)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -22.30, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 34.73, 230.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0866 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.114 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5350, 43.5826, 77.0988)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEE0 #E06A48

analogous

#48E0B6 #48BEE0 #4872E0

triadic

#48BEE0 #E048BE #BEE048

tetradic

#48BEE0 #B648E0 #E06A48 #72E048

square

#48BEE0 #B648E0 #E06A48 #72E048

split-complementary

#48BEE0 #E04872 #E0B648

monochromatic

#197994 #22A3C9 #48BEE0 #7CD1E9 #B1E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48BEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#48BEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEE0

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEE0	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)

#A9B9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1e9',
    500: '#48bee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bee0;
$custom-light: #8dd1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.421,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74916,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEE0

secondary

#E0B1A4

accent

#623AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEE0

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

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