#48C5E1#48C5E1

#48C5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5E1
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -25.53, -23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 35.03, 223.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0932 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.115 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2237, 46.7424, 78.3327)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5E1 #E16448

analogous

#48E1B0 #48C5E1 #4879E1

triadic

#48C5E1 #E148C5 #C5E148

tetradic

#48C5E1 #B048E1 #E16448 #79E148

square

#48C5E1 #B048E1 #E16448 #79E148

split-complementary

#48C5E1 #E14879 #E1B048

monochromatic

#197F96 #21ACCB #48C5E1 #7DD6EA #B1E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48C5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#48C5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5E1

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5E1	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6ea',
    500: '#48c5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5e1;
$custom-light: #8dd6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.98,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76595,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5E1

secondary

#E1AFA4

accent

#5A39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5E1

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

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