#48C1E1#48C1E1

#48C1E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.115 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1E1
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 225)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 14.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -23.52, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 34.89, 227.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0892 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.115 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3274, 44.9499, 78.0339)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1E1 #E16848

analogous

#48E1B4 #48C1E1 #4874E1

triadic

#48C1E1 #E148C1 #C1E148

tetradic

#48C1E1 #B448E1 #E16848 #74E148

square

#48C1E1 #B448E1 #E16848 #74E148

split-complementary

#48C1E1 #E14874 #E1B448

monochromatic

#197C96 #21A7CB #48C1E1 #7DD3EA #B1E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#48C1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1E1

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1E1	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.115 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4ea',
    500: '#48c1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1e1;
$custom-light: #8dd4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.549,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75659,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1E1

secondary

#E1B1A4

accent

#5F39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1E1

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

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