#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
RGBrgb(72, 190, 230)
HSLhsl(195, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(195, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(72.17, -20.43, -29.54)
CIE-LCHlch(72.17, 35.92, 235.34°)
OKLaboklab(75.17% -0.0844 -0.0826)
OKLCHoklch(75.17% 0.118 224.4)
XYZxyz(35.3631, 43.9138, 81.4601)
Luminance0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##48BEE61.002.159.789.78
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7821.001.001.00
##0000009.7821.001.001.00

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

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#48BEE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva