#48C2E1#48C2E1

#48C2E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.115 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2E1
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 225)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 13.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -24.02, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 34.91, 226.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0902 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.115 218)
XYZ	xyz(35.5493, 45.3935, 78.1079)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2E1 #E16748

analogous

#48E1B3 #48C2E1 #4875E1

triadic

#48C2E1 #E148C2 #C2E148

tetradic

#48C2E1 #B348E1 #E16748 #75E148

square

#48C2E1 #B348E1 #E16748 #75E148

split-complementary

#48C2E1 #E14875 #E1B348

monochromatic

#197D96 #21A8CB #48C2E1 #7DD4EA #B1E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#48C2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2E1

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2E1	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBDE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.115 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4ea',
    500: '#48c2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2e1;
$custom-light: #8dd4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.157,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75893,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.45398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2E1

secondary

#E1B0A4

accent

#5E39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2E1

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

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