#48BEE7#48BEE7

#48BEE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.119 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEE7
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 231)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -20.12, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 36.14, 236.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.084 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.119 225)
XYZ	xyz(35.5039, 43.9702, 82.2018)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEE7 #E77148

analogous

#48E7C1 #48BEE7 #486EE7

triadic

#48BEE7 #E748BE #BEE748

tetradic

#48BEE7 #C148E7 #E77148 #6EE748

square

#48BEE7 #C148E7 #E77148 #6EE748

split-complementary

#48BEE7 #E7486E #E7C148

monochromatic

#157CA0 #1CA6D6 #48BEE7 #7ED1EE #B4E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48BEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#48BEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEE7

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEE7	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.119 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ee',
    500: '#48bee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bee7;
$custom-light: #8dd1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.472,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75211,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.43974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEE7

secondary

#E4B6A6

accent

#6634F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEE7

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

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