#48B2FF#48B2FF

#48B2FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.148 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2FF
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 255)
HSL	hsl(205, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 30.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -5.85, -46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 47.18, 262.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0647 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.148 244)
XYZ	xyz(36.6359, 40.4344, 100.4621)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2FF #FF9548

analogous

#48FFF1 #48B2FF #4857FF

triadic

#48B2FF #FF48B2 #B2FF48

tetradic

#48B2FF #F148FF #FF9548 #57FF48

square

#48B2FF #F148FF #FF9548 #57FF48

split-complementary

#48B2FF #FF4857 #FFF148

monochromatic

#0077CD #0B98FF #48B2FF #85CCFF #C2E6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48B2FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#48B2FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2FF

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2FF	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75A3FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.148 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8ff',
    500: '#48b2ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2ff;
$custom-light: #90c8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.246,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73606,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.40439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2FF

secondary

#F1CCB1

accent

#6100E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F8FF

border

#CCD1D7

text

#0E1318

muted

#7E8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2FF

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

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