#48CBE8#48CBE8

#48CBE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.118 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBE8
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 12.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -26.38, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 36.16, 223.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0964 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.118 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5878, 49.9114, 83.9285)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBE8 #E86548

analogous

#48E8B5 #48CBE8 #487BE8

triadic

#48CBE8 #E848CB #CBE848

tetradic

#48CBE8 #B548E8 #E86548 #7BE848

square

#48CBE8 #B548E8 #E86548 #7BE848

split-complementary

#48CBE8 #E8487B #E8B548

monochromatic

#1488A1 #1BB6D8 #48CBE8 #7EDAEF #B5EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#48CBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBE8

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBE8	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.118 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbef',
    500: '#48cbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbe8;
$custom-light: #8fdbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.875,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78277,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBE8

secondary

#E5B2A7

accent

#5734F4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBE8

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

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