#48C0E5#48C0E5

#48C0E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0E5
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -21.77, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 35.60, 232.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0867 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.117 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6592, 44.7301, 80.8680)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0E5 #E56D48

analogous

#48E5BC #48C0E5 #4872E5

triadic

#48C0E5 #E548C0 #C0E548

tetradic

#48C0E5 #BC48E5 #E56D48 #72E548

square

#48C0E5 #BC48E5 #E56D48 #72E548

split-complementary

#48C0E5 #E54872 #E5BC48

monochromatic

#167D9C #1EA8D2 #48C0E5 #7ED2ED #B3E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#48C0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0E5

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0E5	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3ed',
    500: '#48c0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0e5;
$custom-light: #8dd3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.14,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75591,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0E5

secondary

#E3B4A6

accent

#6236F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0E5

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

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