#48BFE5#48BFE5

#48BFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFE5
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 16.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -21.26, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 35.64, 233.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0858 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.117 223)
XYZ	xyz(35.4404, 44.2925, 80.7951)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFE5 #E56E48

analogous

#48E5BD #48BFE5 #4871E5

triadic

#48BFE5 #E548BF #BFE548

tetradic

#48BFE5 #BD48E5 #E56E48 #71E548

square

#48BFE5 #BD48E5 #E56E48 #71E548

split-complementary

#48BFE5 #E54871 #E5BD48

monochromatic

#167C9C #1EA6D2 #48BFE5 #7ED2ED #B3E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#48BFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#48BFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFE5

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFE5	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2ed',
    500: '#48bfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfe5;
$custom-light: #8dd2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.522,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75358,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.44296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFE5

secondary

#E3B5A6

accent

#6336F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFE5

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

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