#48C3E8#48C3E8

#48C3E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.119 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3E8
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 15.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -22.37, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 36.06, 231.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0886 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.119 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7471, 46.2300, 83.3149)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3E8 #E86D48

analogous

#48E8BD #48C3E8 #4873E8

triadic

#48C3E8 #E848C3 #C3E848

tetradic

#48C3E8 #BD48E8 #E86D48 #73E848

square

#48C3E8 #BD48E8 #E86D48 #73E848

split-complementary

#48C3E8 #E84873 #E8BD48

monochromatic

#1481A1 #1BACD8 #48C3E8 #7ED5EF #B5E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#48C3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3E8

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3E8	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.119 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5ef',
    500: '#48c3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3e8;
$custom-light: #8ed5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.875,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76413,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3E8

secondary

#E5B5A7

accent

#6034F4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3E8

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

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