#48C5E5#48C5E5

#48C5E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.117 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5E5
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 229)
HSL	hsl(192, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 14%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -24.30, -25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 35.55, 226.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0917 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.117 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7757, 46.9632, 81.2402)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5E5 #E56848

analogous

#48E5B7 #48C5E5 #4877E5

triadic

#48C5E5 #E548C5 #C5E548

tetradic

#48C5E5 #B748E5 #E56848 #77E548

square

#48C5E5 #B748E5 #E56848 #77E548

split-complementary

#48C5E5 #E54877 #E5B748

monochromatic

#16819C #1EADD2 #48C5E5 #7ED6ED #B3E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48C5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#48C5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5E5

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5E5	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.117 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ed',
    500: '#48c5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5e5;
$custom-light: #8ed6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.229,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76756,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5E5

secondary

#E3B2A6

accent

#5C36F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5E5

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

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