#48BEE2#48BEE2

#48BEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEE2
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -21.68, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 35.10, 231.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0859 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.115 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8078, 43.6917, 78.5357)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEE2 #E26C48

analogous

#48E2B9 #48BEE2 #4871E2

triadic

#48BEE2 #E248BE #BEE248

tetradic

#48BEE2 #B948E2 #E26C48 #71E248

square

#48BEE2 #B948E2 #E26C48 #71E248

split-complementary

#48BEE2 #E24871 #E2B948

monochromatic

#187A98 #20A4CC #48BEE2 #7DD1EA #B2E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#48BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEE2

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEE2	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1eb',
    500: '#48bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bee2;
$custom-light: #8dd1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEE2

secondary

#E1B3A4

accent

#6338EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEE2

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

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