#48CAE5#48CAE5

#48CAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.117 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAE5
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -26.80, -23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 35.79, 221.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0966 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.117 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9299, 49.2716, 81.6249)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAE5 #E56348

analogous

#48E5B1 #48CAE5 #487CE5

triadic

#48CAE5 #E548CA #CAE548

tetradic

#48CAE5 #B148E5 #E56348 #7CE548

square

#48CAE5 #B148E5 #E56348 #7CE548

split-complementary

#48CAE5 #E5487C #E5B148

monochromatic

#16859C #1EB3D2 #48CAE5 #7EDAED #B3E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#48CAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAE5

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAE5	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.117 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edaed',
    500: '#48cae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cae5;
$custom-light: #8edaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.318,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77924,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAE5

secondary

#E3B0A6

accent

#5636F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAE5

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

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