#48C5E9#48C5E9

#48C5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.119 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5E9
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 233)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -23.07, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 36.19, 230.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0901 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.119 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3407, 47.1892, 84.2155)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5E9 #E96C48

analogous

#48E9BC #48C5E9 #4875E9

triadic

#48C5E9 #E948C5 #C5E948

tetradic

#48C5E9 #BC48E9 #E96C48 #75E948

square

#48C5E9 #BC48E9 #E96C48 #75E948

split-complementary

#48C5E9 #E94875 #E9BC48

monochromatic

#1483A3 #1AAFDA #48C5E9 #7FD6F0 #B5E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48C5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#48C5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5E9

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5E9	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.119 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6f0',
    500: '#48c5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5e9;
$custom-light: #8ed6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.416,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7692,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5E9

secondary

#E6B5A7

accent

#5E33F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5E9

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

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