#48C2EE#48C2EE

#48C2EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.123 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2EE
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -19.97, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 37.40, 237.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0854 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.123 226)
XYZ	xyz(37.3906, 46.1301, 87.8058)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2EE #EE7448

analogous

#48EEC7 #48C2EE #486FEE

triadic

#48C2EE #EE48C2 #C2EE48

tetradic

#48C2EE #C748EE #EE7448 #6FEE48

square

#48C2EE #C748EE #EE7448 #6FEE48

split-complementary

#48C2EE #EE486F #EEC748

monochromatic

#1082AC #15ADE4 #48C2EE #80D5F3 #B8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#48C2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2EE

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2EE	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.123 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4f3',
    500: '#48c2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2ee;
$custom-light: #8fd4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.904,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76436,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.46134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2EE

secondary

#E8BAA9

accent

#4006DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2EE

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

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