#48C0EC#48C0EC

#48C0EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.122 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0EC
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -19.57, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 37.13, 238.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0842 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.122 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6563, 45.1290, 86.1195)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0EC #EC7448

analogous

#48ECC6 #48C0EC #486EEC

triadic

#48C0EC #EC48C0 #C0EC48

tetradic

#48C0EC #C648EC #EC7448 #6EEC48

square

#48C0EC #C648EC #EC7448 #6EEC48

split-complementary

#48C0EC #EC486E #ECC648

monochromatic

#1180A8 #17AAE0 #48C0EC #7FD3F2 #B7E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C0EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#48C0EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0EC

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0EC	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.122 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3f2',
    500: '#48c0ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0ec;
$custom-light: #8ed3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0EC

secondary

#E7B9A9

accent

#4108DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0EC

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

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