#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
RGBrgb(72, 190, 225)
HSLhsl(194, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(194, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 15.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(71.99, -21.99, -27.11)
CIE-LCHlch(71.99, 34.91, 230.96°)
OKLaboklab(74.96% -0.0863 -0.0757)
OKLCHoklch(74.96% 0.115 221.3)
XYZxyz(34.6710, 43.6370, 77.8151)
Luminance0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##48BEE11.002.169.739.73
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7321.001.001.00
##0000009.7321.001.001.00

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

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#48BEE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva