#48C3EC#48C3EC

#48C3EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.121 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3EC
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -21.12, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 36.86, 235.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0871 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.121 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3217, 46.4598, 86.3413)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3EC #EC7148

analogous

#48ECC3 #48C3EC #4871EC

triadic

#48C3EC #EC48C3 #C3EC48

tetradic

#48C3EC #C348EC #EC7148 #71EC48

square

#48C3EC #C348EC #EC7148 #71EC48

split-complementary

#48C3EC #EC4871 #ECC348

monochromatic

#1182A8 #17ADE0 #48C3EC #7FD5F2 #B7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#48C3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3EC

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3EC	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.121 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5f2',
    500: '#48c3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3ec;
$custom-light: #8ed5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76581,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3EC

secondary

#E7B8A9

accent

#3D08DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3EC

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

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