#48C1E8#48C1E8

#48C1E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1E8
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 16.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -21.34, -29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 36.15, 233.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0866 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.119 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3020, 45.3397, 83.1665)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1E8 #E86F48

analogous

#48E8BF #48C1E8 #4871E8

triadic

#48C1E8 #E848C1 #C1E848

tetradic

#48C1E8 #BF48E8 #E86F48 #71E848

square

#48C1E8 #BF48E8 #E86F48 #71E848

split-complementary

#48C1E8 #E84871 #E8BF48

monochromatic

#147FA1 #1BAAD8 #48C1E8 #7ED3EF #B5E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C1E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#48C1E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1E8

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1E8	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3ef',
    500: '#48c1e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1e8;
$custom-light: #8ed3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.625,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75949,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1E8

secondary

#E5B6A7

accent

#6334F4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1E8

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

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