All About Color #48C4EA

#48C4EA

About #48C4EA

#48C4EA is a light cyan color with the hex code #48C4EA. In RGB it is red 72, green 196, blue 234; in HSL it is hue 194°, saturation 79%, lightness 60%; in CMYK it is 69%, 16%, 0%, 8%. Its contrast ratio is 2.03:1 on white and 10.36:1 on black.

#48C4EA Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, C4, EA
CMYK69.23%, 16.24%, 0.00%, 8.24%
RGB Decimal72, 196, 234
HSL194°, 79%, 60%
RGB Octal110, 304, 352
HSV (HSB)194.07°, 69.23%, 91.76%
RGB Binary1001000, 11000100, 11101010
CIE-L*AB74.06, -22.24, -28.81
RGB Percent28.24%, 76.86%, 91.76%
CIE-L*CH74.06, 36.40, 232.33
XYZ37.26, 46.80, 84.91
CIE-L*UV74.06, -46.09, -42.92
xyY0.22, 0.28, 46.80
Hunter-Lab68.41, -22.48, -25.71
RYB28.24%, 55.78%, 91.76%

Color Accessibility Scores

#48C4EA on a dark background: contrast 10.36:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#48C4EA on a light background: contrast 2.03:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #48C4EA, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#48C4EA · #9BDFF3 · #1698C0 · #EA6E48 · #F3AF9B

Analogous palette

#48EA6E · #48EABF · #48C4EA · #4873EA · #6E48EA

Triadic palette

#48C4EA · #EA48C4 · #C4EA48 · #9BDFF3 · #F39BDF

Tetradic palette

#48C4EA · #BF48EA · #EA6E48 · #73EA48 · #1698C0

Monochromatic palette

#106D89 · #18A3CD · #48C4EA · #8DDAF2 · #D1F0FA

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