#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
RGBrgb(72, 197, 223)
HSLhsl(190, 70%, 58%)
HSVhsv(190, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(73.95, -26.13, -23.02)
CIE-LCHlch(73.95, 34.82, 221.37°)
OKLaboklab(76.52% -0.094 -0.0641)
OKLCHoklch(76.52% 0.114 214.3)
XYZxyz(35.9524, 46.6339, 76.9042)
Luminance0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##48C5DF1.002.0310.3310.33
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3321.001.001.00
##00000010.3321.001.001.00

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

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#48C5DF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva