#48C1E6#48C1E6

#48C1E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.118 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1E6
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 230)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -21.97, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 35.75, 232.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0873 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.118 222)
XYZ	xyz(36.0195, 45.2268, 81.6789)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1E6 #E66D48

analogous

#48E6BC #48C1E6 #4872E6

triadic

#48C1E6 #E648C1 #C1E648

tetradic

#48C1E6 #BC48E6 #E66D48 #72E648

square

#48C1E6 #BC48E6 #E66D48 #72E648

split-complementary

#48C1E6 #E64872 #E6BC48

monochromatic

#167E9E #1DA9D4 #48C1E6 #7ED3ED #B4E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C1E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#48C1E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1E6

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1E6	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.118 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4ee',
    500: '#48c1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1e6;
$custom-light: #8ed4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.051,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75865,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.45231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1E6

secondary

#E4B4A6

accent

#6235F3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1E6

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

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