#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
RGBrgb(72, 194, 225)
HSLhsl(192, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(192, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 13.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.15, -24.02, -25.33)
CIE-LCHlch(73.15, 34.91, 226.52°)
OKLaboklab(75.89% -0.0902 -0.0706)
OKLCHoklch(75.89% 0.115 218)
XYZxyz(35.5493, 45.3935, 78.1079)
Luminance0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##48C2E11.002.0810.0810.08
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0821.001.001.00
##00000010.0821.001.001.00

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

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#48C2E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva