#48C5EC#48C5EC

#48C5EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.121 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C5EC
RGBrgb(72, 197, 236)
HSLhsl(194, 81%, 60%)
HSVhsv(194, 69%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(69.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.42, -22.14, -29.33)
CIE-LCHlch(74.42, 36.75, 232.95°)
OKLaboklab(77.04% -0.089 -0.082)
OKLCHoklch(77.04% 0.121 222.6)
XYZxyz(37.7728, 47.3621, 86.4917)
Luminance0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C5EC #EC6F48
analogous
#48ECC1 #48C5EC #4873EC
triadic
#48C5EC #EC48C5 #C5EC48
tetradic
#48C5EC #C148EC #EC6F48 #73EC48
square
#48C5EC #C148EC #EC6F48 #73EC48
split-complementary
#48C5EC #EC4873 #ECC148
monochromatic
#1184A8 #17B0E0 #48C5EC #7FD7F2 #B7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#48C5EC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47
#48C5EC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5EC
10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C5EC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C5EC1.002.0110.4710.47
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4721.001.001.00
##00000010.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEC0EE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98B0EC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D1D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.121 222.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6f2',
    500: '#48c5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c5ec;
$custom-light: #8fd6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.268,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77044,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C5EC
secondary
#E7B7A9
accent
#3B08DE
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1417
muted
#7E8385

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#48C5EC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva