#48C5DF#48C5DF

#48C5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5DF
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -26.13, -23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 34.82, 221.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.094 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.114 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9524, 46.6339, 76.9042)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5DF #DF6248

analogous

#48DFAD #48C5DF #4879DF

triadic

#48C5DF #DF48C5 #C5DF48

tetradic

#48C5DF #AD48DF #DF6248 #79DF48

square

#48C5DF #AD48DF #DF6248 #79DF48

split-complementary

#48C5DF #DF4879 #DFAD48

monochromatic

#1A7E93 #23ABC7 #48C5DF #7CD6E8 #B0E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48C5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#48C5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5DF

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5DF	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e9',
    500: '#48c5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5df;
$custom-light: #8dd7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.331,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76516,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5DF

secondary

#E0AEA3

accent

#593BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5DF

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