#48C0E8#48C0E8

#48C0E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.119 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0E8
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 17.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -20.83, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 36.21, 234.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0856 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.119 224)
XYZ	xyz(36.0817, 44.8991, 83.0931)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0E8 #E87048

analogous

#48E8C0 #48C0E8 #4870E8

triadic

#48C0E8 #E848C0 #C0E848

tetradic

#48C0E8 #C048E8 #E87048 #70E848

square

#48C0E8 #C048E8 #E87048 #70E848

split-complementary

#48C0E8 #E84870 #E8C048

monochromatic

#147EA1 #1BA9D8 #48C0E8 #7ED3EF #B5E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#48C0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0E8

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0E8	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABCEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.119 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3ef',
    500: '#48c0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0e8;
$custom-light: #8ed3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75717,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.44903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0E8

secondary

#E5B6A7

accent

#6434F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0E8

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

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