#48C8E6#48C8E6

#48C8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.117 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8E6
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 230)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -25.50, -25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 35.78, 224.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0942 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.117 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6037, 48.3952, 82.2070)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8E6 #E66648

analogous

#48E6B5 #48C8E6 #4879E6

triadic

#48C8E6 #E648C8 #C8E648

tetradic

#48C8E6 #B548E6 #E66648 #79E648

square

#48C8E6 #B548E6 #E66648 #79E648

split-complementary

#48C8E6 #E64879 #E6B548

monochromatic

#16849E #1DB1D4 #48C8E6 #7ED8ED #B4E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48C8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#48C8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8E6

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8E6	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.117 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9ee',
    500: '#48c8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8e6;
$custom-light: #8ed9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.392,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77497,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8E6

secondary

#E4B2A6

accent

#5935F3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8E6

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

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