#48C2EC#48C2EC

#48C2EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.122 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2EC
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -20.60, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 36.94, 236.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0861 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.122 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0984, 46.0132, 86.2669)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2EC #EC7248

analogous

#48ECC4 #48C2EC #4870EC

triadic

#48C2EC #EC48C2 #C2EC48

tetradic

#48C2EC #C448EC #EC7248 #70EC48

square

#48C2EC #C448EC #EC7248 #70EC48

split-complementary

#48C2EC #EC4870 #ECC448

monochromatic

#1182A8 #17ACE0 #48C2EC #7FD4F2 #B7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#48C2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2EC

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2EC	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.122 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4f2',
    500: '#48c2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2ec;
$custom-light: #8ed4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.366,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7635,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2EC

secondary

#E7B9A9

accent

#3F08DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2EC

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

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