#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
RGBrgb(72, 197, 229)
HSLhsl(192, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(192, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 14%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.17, -24.30, -25.94)
CIE-LCHlch(74.17, 35.55, 226.86°)
OKLaboklab(76.76% -0.0917 -0.0723)
OKLCHoklch(76.76% 0.117 218.3)
XYZxyz(36.7757, 46.9632, 81.2402)
Luminance0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##48C5E51.002.0210.3910.39
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3921.001.001.00
##00000010.3921.001.001.00

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

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#48C5E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva