#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
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 227)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -25.92, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 35.37, 222.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0944 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.116 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9552, 47.7664, 79.9304)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##48C7E3	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48C7E3

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

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