#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
RGBrgb(72, 194, 232)
HSLhsl(194, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(194, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 16.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(73.40, -21.86, -28.73)
CIE-LCHlch(73.40, 36.10, 232.74°)
OKLaboklab(76.18% -0.0876 -0.0803)
OKLCHoklch(76.18% 0.119 222.5)
XYZxyz(36.5238, 45.7834, 83.2405)
Luminance0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##48C2E81.002.0710.1610.16
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1621.001.001.00
##00000010.1621.001.001.00

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

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#48C2E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva