#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
RGBrgb(72, 202, 229)
HSLhsl(190, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(190, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.62, -26.80, -23.72)
CIE-LCHlch(75.62, 35.79, 221.51°)
OKLaboklab(77.92% -0.0966 -0.066)
OKLCHoklch(77.92% 0.117 214.4)
XYZxyz(37.9299, 49.2716, 81.6249)
Luminance0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##48CAE51.001.9310.8610.86
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8621.001.001.00
##00000010.8621.001.001.00

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

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#48CAE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva