#48C6EF#48C6EF

#48C6EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.123 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C6EF
RGBrgb(72, 198, 239)
HSLhsl(195, 84%, 61%)
HSVhsv(195, 70%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.82, -21.71, -30.33)
CIE-LCHlch(74.82, 37.30, 234.40°)
OKLaboklab(77.4% -0.0889 -0.0848)
OKLCHoklch(77.4% 0.123 223.7)
XYZxyz(38.4402, 47.9935, 88.8824)
Luminance0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C6EF #EF7148
analogous
#48EFC5 #48C6EF #4872EF
triadic
#48C6EF #EF48C6 #C6EF48
tetradic
#48C6EF #C548EF #EF7148 #72EF48
square
#48C6EF #C548EF #EF7148 #72EF48
split-complementary
#48C6EF #EF4872 #EFC548
monochromatic
#0F87AD #14B2E6 #48C6EF #80D8F4 #B9E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#48C6EF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60
#48C6EF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6EF
10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C6EF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C6EF1.001.9810.6010.60
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6021.001.001.00
##00000010.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFC2F1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98B1EF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3D3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.123 223.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7f4',
    500: '#48c6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c6ef;
$custom-light: #8fd7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.731,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77402,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C6EF
secondary
#E9B9AA
accent
#3B05E0
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1417
muted
#7E8385

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#48C6EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva