#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
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -20.74, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 35.70, 234.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0848 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.117 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2230, 43.8578, 80.7226)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##48BEE5	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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