#48C2ED#48C2ED

#48C2ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.122 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2ED
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -20.29, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 37.17, 236.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0858 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.122 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2441, 46.0715, 87.0342)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2ED #ED7348

analogous

#48EDC5 #48C2ED #486FED

triadic

#48C2ED #ED48C2 #C2ED48

tetradic

#48C2ED #C548ED #ED7348 #6FED48

square

#48C2ED #C548ED #ED7348 #6FED48

split-complementary

#48C2ED #ED486F #EDC548

monochromatic

#1182AA #16ADE2 #48C2ED #80D5F2 #B7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#48C2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2ED

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2ED	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.122 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4f3',
    500: '#48c2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2ed;
$custom-light: #8ed4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.636,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76393,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2ED

secondary

#E8B9A9

accent

#3F07DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2ED

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

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