#48C2E0#48C2E0

#48C2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.114 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2E0
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 224)
HSL	hsl(192, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -24.33, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 34.77, 225.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0906 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.114 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4132, 45.3391, 77.3915)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2E0 #E06648

analogous

#48E0B2 #48C2E0 #4876E0

triadic

#48C2E0 #E048C2 #C2E048

tetradic

#48C2E0 #B248E0 #E06648 #76E048

square

#48C2E0 #B248E0 #E06648 #76E048

split-complementary

#48C2E0 #E04876 #E0B248

monochromatic

#197C94 #22A8C9 #48C2E0 #7CD3E9 #B1E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#48C2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2E0

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2E0	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)

#AEBCE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.114 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4e9',
    500: '#48c2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2e0;
$custom-light: #8dd4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.842,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75852,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2E0

secondary

#E0B0A4

accent

#5D3AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2E0

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

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