#48C1DE#48C1DE

#48C1DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.113 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1DE
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 222)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -24.44, -24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 34.47, 224.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0904 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.113 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9218, 44.7877, 75.8975)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1DE #DE6548

analogous

#48DEB0 #48C1DE #4876DE

triadic

#48C1DE #DE48C1 #C1DE48

tetradic

#48C1DE #B048DE #DE6548 #76DE48

square

#48C1DE #B048DE #DE6548 #76DE48

split-complementary

#48C1DE #DE4876 #DEB048

monochromatic

#1A7A91 #24A6C5 #48C1DE #7CD3E7 #B0E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C1DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#48C1DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1DE

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1DE	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.113 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4e8',
    500: '#48c1de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1de;
$custom-light: #8dd4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75537,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1DE

secondary

#DFAEA3

accent

#5E3CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1DE

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

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