#48C4E4#48C4E4

#48C4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.116 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4E4
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(192, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -24.11, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 35.38, 227.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0911 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.116 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4102, 46.4549, 80.4315)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4E4 #E46848

analogous

#48E4B6 #48C4E4 #4876E4

triadic

#48C4E4 #E448C4 #C4E448

tetradic

#48C4E4 #B648E4 #E46848 #76E448

square

#48C4E4 #B648E4 #E46848 #76E448

split-complementary

#48C4E4 #E44876 #E4B648

monochromatic

#17809B #1FACD0 #48C4E4 #7DD5EC #B3E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#48C4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4E4

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4E4	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)

#B0BFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.116 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ec',
    500: '#48c4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4e4;
$custom-light: #8ed6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.308,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76482,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4E4

secondary

#E3B2A5

accent

#5D37F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4E4

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

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