#48C1DA#48C1DA

#48C1DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C1DA
RGBrgb(72, 193, 218)
HSLhsl(190, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(190, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 11.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(72.61, -25.65, -22.35)
CIE-LCHlch(72.61, 34.02, 221.07°)
OKLaboklab(75.38% -0.0919 -0.0622)
OKLCHoklch(75.38% 0.111 214.1)
XYZxyz(34.3920, 44.5758, 73.1075)
Luminance0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C1DA #DA6148
analogous
#48DAAA #48C1DA #4878DA
triadic
#48C1DA #DA48C1 #C1DA48
tetradic
#48C1DA #AA48DA #DA6148 #78DA48
square
#48C1DA #AA48DA #DA6148 #78DA48
split-complementary
#48C1DA #DA4878 #DAAA48
monochromatic
#1C788B #26A4BE #48C1DA #7BD2E4 #AEE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12
#48C1DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92
#48C1DA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1DA
9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C1DA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C1DA1.002.129.929.92
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9221.001.001.00
##0000009.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFBBDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AACDA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c1da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 214.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e5',
    500: '#48c1da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c1da;
$custom-light: #8cd4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c1da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.274,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75378,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C1DA
secondary
#DDABA1
accent
#5C3FE9
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFC
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8384

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#48C1DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva