#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
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 17.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -20.32, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 36.29, 235.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0846 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.119 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8629, 44.4615, 83.0201)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##48BFE8	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48BFE8

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

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