#48C3ED#48C3ED

#48C3ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.122 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3ED
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -20.80, -30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 37.08, 235.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0867 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.122 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4674, 46.5181, 87.1086)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3ED #ED7248

analogous

#48EDC5 #48C3ED #4870ED

triadic

#48C3ED #ED48C3 #C3ED48

tetradic

#48C3ED #C548ED #ED7248 #70ED48

square

#48C3ED #C548ED #ED7248 #70ED48

split-complementary

#48C3ED #ED4870 #EDC548

monochromatic

#1183AA #16AEE2 #48C3ED #80D5F2 #B7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#48C3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3ED

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3ED	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.122 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5f3',
    500: '#48c3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3ed;
$custom-light: #8fd5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.273,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76624,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3ED

secondary

#E8B9A9

accent

#3E07DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3ED

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

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