#48B2FC#48B2FC

#48B2FC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.144 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2FC
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 252)
HSL	hsl(205, 97%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -6.86, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 45.92, 261.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0656 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.144 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1568, 40.2427, 97.9386)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2FC #FC9248

analogous

#48FCEC #48B2FC #4858FC

triadic

#48B2FC #FC48B2 #B2FC48

tetradic

#48B2FC #EC48FC #FC9248 #58FC48

square

#48B2FC #EC48FC #FC9248 #58FC48

split-complementary

#48B2FC #FC4858 #FCEC48

monochromatic

#0376C6 #0C99FB #48B2FC #84CBFD #C0E5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48B2FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#48B2FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2FC

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2FC	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77A2FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.144 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8fd',
    500: '#48b2fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2fc;
$custom-light: #90c8fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.667,
    "s": 96.774,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73455,
    "c": 0.14424,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2FC

secondary

#F0CAB0

accent

#5E00E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F8FF

border

#CCD1D7

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2FC

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

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