#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
RGBrgb(72, 191, 229)
HSLhsl(195, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(195, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 16.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.42, -21.26, -28.61)
CIE-LCHlch(72.42, 35.64, 233.39°)
OKLaboklab(75.36% -0.0858 -0.0799)
OKLCHoklch(75.36% 0.117 223)
XYZxyz(35.4404, 44.2925, 80.7951)
Luminance0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##48BFE51.002.139.869.86
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8621.001.001.00
##0000009.8621.001.001.00

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

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#48BFE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva