#48C6E1#48C6E1

#48C6E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.115 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C6E1
RGBrgb(72, 198, 225)
HSLhsl(191, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(191, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 12%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.32, -26.02, -23.55)
CIE-LCHlch(74.32, 35.10, 222.14°)
OKLaboklab(76.83% -0.0942 -0.0656)
OKLCHoklch(76.83% 0.115 214.8)
XYZxyz(36.4515, 47.1980, 78.4086)
Luminance0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C6E1 #E16348
analogous
#48E1AF #48C6E1 #4879E1
triadic
#48C6E1 #E148C6 #C6E148
tetradic
#48C6E1 #AF48E1 #E16348 #79E148
square
#48C6E1 #AF48E1 #E16348 #79E148
split-complementary
#48C6E1 #E14879 #E1AF48
monochromatic
#198096 #21ADCB #48C6E1 #7DD6EA #B1E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#48C6E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44
#48C6E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6E1
10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C6E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C6E11.002.0110.4410.44
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4421.001.001.00
##00000010.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3C0E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DB0E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D0CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.115 214.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7ea',
    500: '#48c6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c6e1;
$custom-light: #8dd7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7683,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C6E1
secondary
#E1AFA4
accent
#5939EF
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

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#48C6E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva