#48BFE7#48BFE7

#48BFE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.119 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFE7
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 231)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -20.63, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 36.07, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.085 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.119 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7212, 44.4048, 82.2742)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFE7 #E77048

analogous

#48E7BF #48BFE7 #4870E7

triadic

#48BFE7 #E748BF #BFE748

tetradic

#48BFE7 #BF48E7 #E77048 #70E748

square

#48BFE7 #BF48E7 #E77048 #70E748

split-complementary

#48BFE7 #E74870 #E7BF48

monochromatic

#157DA0 #1CA7D6 #48BFE7 #7ED2EE #B4E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#48BFE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#48BFE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFE7

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFE7	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.119 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2ee',
    500: '#48bfe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfe7;
$custom-light: #8ed2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.094,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75443,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFE7

secondary

#E4B6A6

accent

#6434F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFE7

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

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