#48BEE4#48BEE4

#48BEE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEE4
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -21.06, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 35.49, 233.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0851 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.117 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0838, 43.8021, 79.9894)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEE4 #E46E48

analogous

#48E4BC #48BEE4 #4870E4

triadic

#48BEE4 #E448BE #BEE448

tetradic

#48BEE4 #BC48E4 #E46E48 #70E448

square

#48BEE4 #BC48E4 #E46E48 #70E448

split-complementary

#48BEE4 #E44870 #E4BC48

monochromatic

#177B9B #1FA5D0 #48BEE4 #7DD1EC #B3E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48BEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#48BEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEE4

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEE4	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ec',
    500: '#48bee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bee4;
$custom-light: #8dd1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.615,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75083,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEE4

secondary

#E3B4A5

accent

#6437F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEE4

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

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