#48C4E0#48C4E0

#48C4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.114 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4E0
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 224)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 12.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -25.33, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 34.86, 223.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0926 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.114 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8613, 46.2354, 77.5409)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4E0 #E06448

analogous

#48E0B0 #48C4E0 #4878E0

triadic

#48C4E0 #E048C4 #C4E048

tetradic

#48C4E0 #B048E0 #E06448 #78E048

square

#48C4E0 #B048E0 #E06448 #78E048

split-complementary

#48C4E0 #E04878 #E0B048

monochromatic

#197E94 #22AAC9 #48C4E0 #7CD5E9 #B1E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#48C4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4E0

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4E0	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)

#B1BEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.114 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6e9',
    500: '#48c4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4e0;
$custom-light: #8dd6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76321,
    "c": 0.11412,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4E0

secondary

#E0AFA4

accent

#5B3AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4E0

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

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