#48C2DF#48C2DF

#48C2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2DF
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 223)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 13%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -24.63, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 34.64, 224.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.091 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.114 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2780, 45.2851, 76.6794)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2DF #DF6548

analogous

#48DFB0 #48C2DF #4876DF

triadic

#48C2DF #DF48C2 #C2DF48

tetradic

#48C2DF #B048DF #DF6548 #76DF48

square

#48C2DF #B048DF #DF6548 #76DF48

split-complementary

#48C2DF #DF4876 #DFB048

monochromatic

#1A7C93 #23A7C7 #48C2DF #7CD3E8 #B0E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#48C2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2DF

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2DF	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4e9',
    500: '#48c2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2df;
$custom-light: #8dd4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.523,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75812,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2DF

secondary

#E0AFA3

accent

#5D3BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2DF

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