#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
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 12%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -26.02, -23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 35.10, 222.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0942 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.115 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4515, 47.1980, 78.4086)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##48C6E1	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6E1

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

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