#48BEE5#48BEE5

#48BEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48BEE5
RGBrgb(72, 190, 229)
HSLhsl(195, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(195, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.13, -20.74, -29.06)
CIE-LCHlch(72.13, 35.70, 234.48°)
OKLaboklab(75.13% -0.0848 -0.0812)
OKLCHoklch(75.13% 0.117 223.8)
XYZxyz(35.2230, 43.8578, 80.7226)
Luminance0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48BEE5 #E56F48
analogous
#48E5BD #48BEE5 #4870E5
triadic
#48BEE5 #E548BE #BEE548
tetradic
#48BEE5 #BD48E5 #E56F48 #70E548
square
#48BEE5 #BD48E5 #E56F48 #70E548
split-complementary
#48BEE5 #E54870 #E5BD48
monochromatic
#167B9C #1EA5D2 #48BEE5 #7ED1ED #B3E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#48BEE5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77
#48BEE5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEE5
9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48BEE5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48BEE51.002.159.779.77
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7721.001.001.00
##0000009.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8BAE7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92AAE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CACB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 223.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ed',
    500: '#48bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48bee5;
$custom-light: #8dd1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.904,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75126,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48BEE5
secondary
#E3B5A6
accent
#6536F2
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEE5

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#48BEE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva