#48C6E5#48C6E5

#48C6E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6E5
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 229)
HSL	hsl(192, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 13.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -24.81, -25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 35.57, 225.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0926 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.117 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0035, 47.4188, 81.3161)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6E5 #E56748

analogous

#48E5B6 #48C6E5 #4878E5

triadic

#48C6E5 #E548C6 #C6E548

tetradic

#48C6E5 #B648E5 #E56748 #78E548

square

#48C6E5 #B648E5 #E56748 #78E548

split-complementary

#48C6E5 #E54878 #E5B648

monochromatic

#16829C #1EAED2 #48C6E5 #7ED7ED #B3E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48C6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#48C6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6E5

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6E5	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7ed',
    500: '#48c6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6e5;
$custom-light: #8ed7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.847,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76989,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6E5

secondary

#E3B2A6

accent

#5B36F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6E5

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

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