#48C3E5#48C3E5

#48C3E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3E5
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 229)
HSL	hsl(193, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -23.30, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 35.53, 229.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0897 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.117 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3246, 46.0610, 81.0898)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3E5 #E56A48

analogous

#48E5B9 #48C3E5 #4875E5

triadic

#48C3E5 #E548C3 #C3E548

tetradic

#48C3E5 #B948E5 #E56A48 #75E548

square

#48C3E5 #B948E5 #E56A48 #75E548

split-complementary

#48C3E5 #E54875 #E5B948

monochromatic

#167F9C #1EABD2 #48C3E5 #7ED5ED #B3E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#48C3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3E5

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3E5	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5ed',
    500: '#48c3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3e5;
$custom-light: #8ed5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.994,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76289,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3E5

secondary

#E3B3A6

accent

#5F36F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3E5

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

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