#48C7E3#48C7E3

#48C7E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C7E3
RGBrgb(72, 199, 227)
HSLhsl(191, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(191, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(74.68, -25.92, -24.08)
CIE-LCHlch(74.68, 35.37, 222.90°)
OKLaboklab(77.14% -0.0944 -0.067)
OKLCHoklch(77.14% 0.116 215.4)
XYZxyz(36.9552, 47.7664, 79.9304)
Luminance0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C7E3 #E36448
analogous
#48E3B2 #48C7E3 #4879E3
triadic
#48C7E3 #E348C7 #C7E348
tetradic
#48C7E3 #B248E3 #E36448 #79E348
square
#48C7E3 #B248E3 #E36448 #79E348
split-complementary
#48C7E3 #E34879 #E3B248
monochromatic
#178299 #20AFCE #48C7E3 #7DD7EB #B2E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#48C7E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55
#48C7E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7E3
10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C7E3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C7E31.001.9910.5510.55
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5521.001.001.00
##00000010.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4C1E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EB1E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D1D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c7e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 215.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed8eb',
    500: '#48c7e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c7e3;
$custom-light: #8ed8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c7e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.839,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77143,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C7E3
secondary
#E2B0A5
accent
#5938F0
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#48C7E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva