#48BEE6#48BEE6

#48BEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEE6
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -20.43, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 35.92, 235.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0844 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.118 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3631, 43.9138, 81.4601)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEE6 #E67048

analogous

#48E6BF #48BEE6 #486FE6

triadic

#48BEE6 #E648BE #BEE648

tetradic

#48BEE6 #BF48E6 #E67048 #6FE648

square

#48BEE6 #BF48E6 #E67048 #6FE648

split-complementary

#48BEE6 #E6486F #E6BF48

monochromatic

#167B9E #1DA6D4 #48BEE6 #7ED1ED #B4E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48BEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#48BEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEE6

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEE6	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ee',
    500: '#48bee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bee6;
$custom-light: #8dd1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.19,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75168,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEE6

secondary

#E4B6A6

accent

#6535F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEE6

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

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