#48C2E5#48C2E5

#48C2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.117 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2E5
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 229)
HSL	hsl(193, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -22.79, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 35.54, 230.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0887 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.117 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1013, 45.6144, 81.0154)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2E5 #E56B48

analogous

#48E5BA #48C2E5 #4874E5

triadic

#48C2E5 #E548C2 #C2E548

tetradic

#48C2E5 #BA48E5 #E56B48 #74E548

square

#48C2E5 #BA48E5 #E56B48 #74E548

split-complementary

#48C2E5 #E54874 #E5BA48

monochromatic

#167E9C #1EAAD2 #48C2E5 #7ED4ED #B3E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#48C2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2E5

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2E5	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.117 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4ed',
    500: '#48c2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2e5;
$custom-light: #8dd4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.376,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76056,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2E5

secondary

#E3B3A6

accent

#6036F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2E5

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

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