#48C4E5#48C4E5

#48C4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4E5
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(193, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -23.80, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 35.53, 227.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0907 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.117 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5494, 46.5106, 81.1647)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4E5 #E56948

analogous

#48E5B7 #48C4E5 #4876E5

triadic

#48C4E5 #E548C4 #C4E548

tetradic

#48C4E5 #B748E5 #E56948 #76E548

square

#48C4E5 #B748E5 #E56948 #76E548

split-complementary

#48C4E5 #E54876 #E5B748

monochromatic

#16809C #1EACD2 #48C4E5 #7ED5ED #B3E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#48C4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4E5

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4E5	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)

#AFBFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ed',
    500: '#48c4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4e5;
$custom-light: #8ed6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.611,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76523,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4E5

secondary

#E3B3A6

accent

#5E36F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4E5

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

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