#48CCE7#48CCE7

#48CCE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.118 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCE7
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 231)
HSL	hsl(190, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -27.18, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 36.13, 221.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0978 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.118 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6831, 50.3286, 83.2615)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCE7 #E76348

analogous

#48E7B3 #48CCE7 #487CE7

triadic

#48CCE7 #E748CC #CCE748

tetradic

#48CCE7 #B348E7 #E76348 #7CE748

square

#48CCE7 #B348E7 #E76348 #7CE748

split-complementary

#48CCE7 #E7487C #E7B348

monochromatic

#1588A0 #1CB6D6 #48CCE7 #7EDBEE #B4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#48CCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCE7

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCE7	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.118 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbee',
    500: '#48cce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cce7;
$custom-light: #8edbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.189,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78471,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCE7

secondary

#A24431

accent

#5534F3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCE7

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

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