#48C8E4#48C8E4

#48C8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.116 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8E4
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -26.11, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 35.55, 222.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.095 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.116 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3245, 48.2835, 80.7363)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8E4 #E46448

analogous

#48E4B2 #48C8E4 #487AE4

triadic

#48C8E4 #E448C8 #C8E448

tetradic

#48C8E4 #B248E4 #E46448 #7AE448

square

#48C8E4 #B248E4 #E46448 #7AE448

split-complementary

#48C8E4 #E4487A #E4B248

monochromatic

#17839B #1FB0D0 #48C8E4 #7DD8EC #B3E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48C8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#48C8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8E4

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8E4	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.116 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9ec',
    500: '#48c8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8e4;
$custom-light: #8ed9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77417,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8E4

secondary

#E3B0A5

accent

#5837F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8E4

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

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