#48BFE8#48BFE8

#48BFE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48BFE8
RGBrgb(72, 191, 232)
HSLhsl(195, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(195, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 17.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.54, -20.32, -30.07)
CIE-LCHlch(72.54, 36.29, 235.95°)
OKLaboklab(75.49% -0.0846 -0.0841)
OKLCHoklch(75.49% 0.119 224.8)
XYZxyz(35.8629, 44.4615, 83.0201)
Luminance0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48BFE8 #E87148
analogous
#48E8C1 #48BFE8 #486FE8
triadic
#48BFE8 #E848BF #BFE848
tetradic
#48BFE8 #C148E8 #E87148 #6FE848
square
#48BFE8 #C148E8 #E87148 #6FE848
split-complementary
#48BFE8 #E8486F #E8C148
monochromatic
#147DA1 #1BA7D8 #48BFE8 #7ED2EF #B5E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12
#48BFE8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89
#48BFE8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFE8
9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48BFE8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48BFE81.002.129.899.89
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8921.001.001.00
##0000009.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8BBEA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92ABE8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBCC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48bfe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 224.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2ef',
    500: '#48bfe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48bfe8;
$custom-light: #8ed2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48bfe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.375,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75485,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48BFE8
secondary
#E5B7A7
accent
#6534F4
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#48BFE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva