#48C4EC#48C4EC

#48C4EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.121 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4EC
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -21.63, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 36.80, 234.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0881 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.121 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5465, 46.9094, 86.4162)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4EC #EC7048

analogous

#48ECC2 #48C4EC #4872EC

triadic

#48C4EC #EC48C4 #C4EC48

tetradic

#48C4EC #C248EC #EC7048 #72EC48

square

#48C4EC #C248EC #EC7048 #72EC48

split-complementary

#48C4EC #EC4872 #ECC248

monochromatic

#1183A8 #17AFE0 #48C4EC #7FD6F2 #B7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48C4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#48C4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4EC

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4EC	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.121 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6f2',
    500: '#48c4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4ec;
$custom-light: #8ed6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76813,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4EC

secondary

#E7B8A9

accent

#3C08DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4EC

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

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