#48BEE1#48BEE1

#48BEE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEE1
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 225)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 15.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -21.99, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 34.91, 230.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0863 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.115 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6710, 43.6370, 77.8151)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEE1 #E16B48

analogous

#48E1B7 #48BEE1 #4872E1

triadic

#48BEE1 #E148BE #BEE148

tetradic

#48BEE1 #B748E1 #E16B48 #72E148

square

#48BEE1 #B748E1 #E16B48 #72E148

split-complementary

#48BEE1 #E14872 #E1B748

monochromatic

#197996 #21A4CB #48BEE1 #7DD1EA #B1E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48BEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#48BEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEE1

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEE1	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ea',
    500: '#48bee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bee1;
$custom-light: #8dd1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.725,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74958,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEE1

secondary

#E1B2A4

accent

#6339EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEE1

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

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