#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
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -22.14, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 36.75, 232.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.089 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.121 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7728, 47.3621, 86.4917)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##48C5EC	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5EC

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

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