#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
RGBrgb(72, 193, 222)
HSLhsl(192, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(192, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.75, -24.44, -24.31)
CIE-LCHlch(72.75, 34.47, 224.85°)
OKLaboklab(75.54% -0.0904 -0.0677)
OKLCHoklch(75.54% 0.113 216.8)
XYZxyz(34.9218, 44.7877, 75.8975)
Luminance0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##48C1DE1.002.119.969.96
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9621.001.001.00
##0000009.9621.001.001.00

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

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#48C1DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva