#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
RGBrgb(72, 198, 230)
HSLhsl(192, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(192, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.49, -24.50, -25.98)
CIE-LCHlch(74.49, 35.71, 226.68°)
OKLaboklab(77.03% -0.0923 -0.0724)
OKLCHoklch(77.03% 0.117 218.1)
XYZxyz(37.1436, 47.4749, 82.0536)
Luminance0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##48C6E61.002.0010.5010.50
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5021.001.001.00
##00000010.5021.001.001.00

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

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#48C6E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva