#48BEE8#48BEE8

#48BEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.120 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEE8
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -19.80, -30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 36.37, 237.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0837 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.12 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6455, 44.0268, 82.9477)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEE8 #E87248

analogous

#48E8C2 #48BEE8 #486EE8

triadic

#48BEE8 #E848BE #BEE848

tetradic

#48BEE8 #C248E8 #E87248 #6EE848

square

#48BEE8 #C248E8 #E87248 #6EE848

split-complementary

#48BEE8 #E8486E #E8C248

monochromatic

#147CA1 #1BA6D8 #48BEE8 #7ED1EF #B5E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48BEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#48BEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEE8

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEE8	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.120 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ef',
    500: '#48bee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bee8;
$custom-light: #8ed1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75254,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEE8

secondary

#E5B7A7

accent

#6634F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEE8

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

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