#48CAE8#48CAE8

#48CAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.118 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAE8
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 12.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -25.89, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 36.11, 224.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0954 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.118 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3524, 49.4406, 83.8500)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAE8 #E86648

analogous

#48E8B6 #48CAE8 #487AE8

triadic

#48CAE8 #E848CA #CAE848

tetradic

#48CAE8 #B648E8 #E86648 #7AE848

square

#48CAE8 #B648E8 #E86648 #7AE848

split-complementary

#48CAE8 #E8487A #E8B648

monochromatic

#1487A1 #1BB4D8 #48CAE8 #7EDAEF #B5E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#48CAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAE8

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAE8	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.118 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edaef',
    500: '#48cae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cae8;
$custom-light: #8edaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78043,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAE8

secondary

#E5B2A7

accent

#5834F4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAE8

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

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