#48C5DE#48C5DE

#48C5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.113 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5DE
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -26.43, -22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 34.73, 220.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0944 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.113 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8180, 46.5801, 76.1962)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5DE #DE6148

analogous

#48DEAC #48C5DE #487ADE

triadic

#48C5DE #DE48C5 #C5DE48

tetradic

#48C5DE #AC48DE #DE6148 #7ADE48

square

#48C5DE #AC48DE #DE6148 #7ADE48

split-complementary

#48C5DE #DE487A #DEAC48

monochromatic

#1A7E91 #24AAC5 #48C5DE #7CD5E7 #B0E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#48C5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5DE

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5DE	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.113 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e8',
    500: '#48c5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5de;
$custom-light: #8dd7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76477,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5DE

secondary

#DFADA3

accent

#593CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5DE

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

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