#48BFE6#48BFE6

#48BFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.118 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFE6
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 17%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -20.94, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 35.85, 234.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0854 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.118 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5804, 44.3485, 81.5325)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFE6 #E66F48

analogous

#48E6BE #48BFE6 #4870E6

triadic

#48BFE6 #E648BF #BFE648

tetradic

#48BFE6 #BE48E6 #E66F48 #70E648

square

#48BFE6 #BE48E6 #E66F48 #70E648

split-complementary

#48BFE6 #E64870 #E6BE48

monochromatic

#167C9E #1DA7D4 #48BFE6 #7ED2ED #B4E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#48BFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#48BFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFE6

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFE6	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.118 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2ee',
    500: '#48bfe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfe6;
$custom-light: #8dd2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.81,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.754,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFE6

secondary

#E4B5A6

accent

#6435F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFE6

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

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