#48C4E2#48C4E2

#48C4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.115 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4E2
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -24.72, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 35.11, 225.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0918 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.115 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1342, 46.3445, 78.9778)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4E2 #E26648

analogous

#48E2B3 #48C4E2 #4877E2

triadic

#48C4E2 #E248C4 #C4E248

tetradic

#48C4E2 #B348E2 #E26648 #77E248

square

#48C4E2 #B348E2 #E26648 #77E248

split-complementary

#48C4E2 #E24877 #E2B348

monochromatic

#187F98 #20ABCC #48C4E2 #7DD5EA #B2E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#48C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4E2

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4E2	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.115 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6eb',
    500: '#48c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4e2;
$custom-light: #8dd6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.688,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76401,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4E2

secondary

#E1B0A4

accent

#5C38EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4E2

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

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