#48C2E8#48C2E8

#48C2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2E8
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 16.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -21.86, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 36.10, 232.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0876 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.119 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5238, 45.7834, 83.2405)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2E8 #E86E48

analogous

#48E8BE #48C2E8 #4872E8

triadic

#48C2E8 #E848C2 #C2E848

tetradic

#48C2E8 #BE48E8 #E86E48 #72E848

square

#48C2E8 #BE48E8 #E86E48 #72E848

split-complementary

#48C2E8 #E84872 #E8BE48

monochromatic

#1480A1 #1BABD8 #48C2E8 #7ED4EF #B5E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#48C2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2E8

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2E8	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4ef',
    500: '#48c2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2e8;
$custom-light: #8ed4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76181,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2E8

secondary

#E5B6A7

accent

#6134F4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2E8

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

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