#48C9E6#48C9E6

#48C9E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.117 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9E6
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 230)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -26.00, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 35.83, 223.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0952 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.117 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8361, 48.8599, 82.2844)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9E6 #E66548

analogous

#48E6B4 #48C9E6 #487AE6

triadic

#48C9E6 #E648C9 #C9E648

tetradic

#48C9E6 #B448E6 #E66548 #7AE648

square

#48C9E6 #B448E6 #E66548 #7AE648

split-complementary

#48C9E6 #E6487A #E6B448

monochromatic

#16859E #1DB2D4 #48C9E6 #7ED9ED #B4E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48C9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#48C9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9E6

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9E6	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.117 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9ee',
    500: '#48c9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9e6;
$custom-light: #8ed9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.013,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7773,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9E6

secondary

#E4B1A6

accent

#5835F3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9E6

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

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