#48C6E6#48C6E6

#48C6E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6E6
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 230)
HSL	hsl(192, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -24.50, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 35.71, 226.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0923 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.117 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1436, 47.4749, 82.0536)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6E6 #E66848

analogous

#48E6B7 #48C6E6 #4877E6

triadic

#48C6E6 #E648C6 #C6E648

tetradic

#48C6E6 #B748E6 #E66848 #77E648

square

#48C6E6 #B748E6 #E66848 #77E648

split-complementary

#48C6E6 #E64877 #E6B748

monochromatic

#16829E #1DAFD4 #48C6E6 #7ED7ED #B4E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48C6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#48C6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6E6

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6E6	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7ee',
    500: '#48c6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6e6;
$custom-light: #8ed7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.152,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7703,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6E6

secondary

#E4B3A6

accent

#5C35F3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6E6

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

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