#48C3E4#48C3E4

#48C3E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.116 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3E4
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 228)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -23.60, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 35.37, 228.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0901 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.116 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1854, 46.0053, 80.3566)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3E4 #E46948

analogous

#48E4B7 #48C3E4 #4875E4

triadic

#48C3E4 #E448C3 #C3E448

tetradic

#48C3E4 #B748E4 #E46948 #75E448

square

#48C3E4 #B748E4 #E46948 #75E448

split-complementary

#48C3E4 #E44875 #E4B748

monochromatic

#177F9B #1FABD0 #48C3E4 #7DD4EC #B3E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#48C3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3E4

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3E4	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)

#AEBEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.116 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd5ec',
    500: '#48c3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3e4;
$custom-light: #8dd5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76248,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3E4

secondary

#E3B2A5

accent

#5E37F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3E4

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

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