#48C0E1#48C0E1

#48C0E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.115 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0E1
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 225)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 14.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -23.01, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 34.89, 228.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0882 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.115 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1071, 44.5093, 77.9605)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0E1 #E16948

analogous

#48E1B5 #48C0E1 #4873E1

triadic

#48C0E1 #E148C0 #C0E148

tetradic

#48C0E1 #B548E1 #E16948 #73E148

square

#48C0E1 #B548E1 #E16948 #73E148

split-complementary

#48C0E1 #E14873 #E1B548

monochromatic

#197B96 #21A6CB #48C0E1 #7DD2EA #B1E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#48C0E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#48C0E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0E1

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0E1	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.115 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3ea',
    500: '#48c0e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0e1;
$custom-light: #8dd3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.941,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75425,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0E1

secondary

#E1B1A4

accent

#6039EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0E1

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

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