#48BFE1#48BFE1

#48BFE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.115 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFE1
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 225)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 15.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -22.50, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 34.89, 229.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0872 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.115 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8883, 44.0717, 77.8875)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFE1 #E16A48

analogous

#48E1B6 #48BFE1 #4872E1

triadic

#48BFE1 #E148BF #BFE148

tetradic

#48BFE1 #B648E1 #E16A48 #72E148

square

#48BFE1 #B648E1 #E16A48 #72E148

split-complementary

#48BFE1 #E14872 #E1B648

monochromatic

#197A96 #21A5CB #48BFE1 #7DD1EA #B1E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48BFE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#48BFE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFE1

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFE1	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.115 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2ea',
    500: '#48bfe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfe1;
$custom-light: #8dd2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75191,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFE1

secondary

#E1B1A4

accent

#6239EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFE1

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

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