#48BEE3#48BEE3

#48BEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEE3
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 227)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -21.37, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 35.29, 232.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0855 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.116 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9454, 43.7468, 79.2604)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEE3 #E36D48

analogous

#48E3BB #48BEE3 #4870E3

triadic

#48BEE3 #E348BE #BEE348

tetradic

#48BEE3 #BB48E3 #E36D48 #70E348

square

#48BEE3 #BB48E3 #E36D48 #70E348

split-complementary

#48BEE3 #E34870 #E3BB48

monochromatic

#177A99 #20A5CE #48BEE3 #7DD1EB #B2E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48BEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#48BEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEE3

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEE3	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ec',
    500: '#48bee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bee3;
$custom-light: #8dd1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.323,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75041,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEE3

secondary

#E2B3A5

accent

#6438F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEE3

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

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