#48CBEC#48CBEC

#48CBEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.121 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48CBEC
RGBrgb(72, 203, 236)
HSLhsl(192, 81%, 60%)
HSVhsv(192, 69%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(69.5%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(76.16, -25.16, -26.67)
CIE-LCHlch(76.16, 36.66, 226.66°)
OKLaboklab(78.44% -0.0949 -0.0744)
OKLCHoklch(78.44% 0.121 218.1)
XYZxyz(39.1624, 50.1412, 86.9549)
Luminance0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48CBEC #EC6948
analogous
#48ECBB #48CBEC #4879EC
triadic
#48CBEC #EC48CB #CBEC48
tetradic
#48CBEC #BB48EC #EC6948 #79EC48
square
#48CBEC #BB48EC #EC6948 #79EC48
split-complementary
#48CBEC #EC4879 #ECBB48
monochromatic
#118AA8 #17B7E0 #48CBEC #7FDBF2 #B7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90
#48CBEC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03
#48CBEC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBEC
11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48CBEC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48CBEC1.001.9011.0311.03
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0321.001.001.00
##00000011.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6C5EE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FB5EC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6D5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.121 218.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbf2',
    500: '#48cbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48cbec;
$custom-light: #8fdbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.073,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78437,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48CBEC
secondary
#AA472F
accent
#3308DE
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FBFE
border
#CFD4D6
text
#0E1517
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBEC

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