#48B3FC#48B3FC

#48B3FC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.143 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3FC
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 252)
HSL	hsl(204, 97%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 71%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 29%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -7.41, -44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 45.57, 260.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0665 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.144 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3565, 40.6421, 98.0052)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3FC #FC9148

analogous

#48FCEB #48B3FC #4859FC

triadic

#48B3FC #FC48B3 #B3FC48

tetradic

#48B3FC #EB48FC #FC9148 #59FC48

square

#48B3FC #EB48FC #FC9148 #59FC48

split-complementary

#48B3FC #FC4859 #FCEB48

monochromatic

#0377C6 #0C9AFB #48B3FC #84CCFD #C0E5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48B3FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#48B3FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3FC

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3FC	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A3FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.143 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9fd',
    500: '#48b3fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3fc;
$custom-light: #90c9fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.333,
    "s": 96.774,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73678,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3FC

secondary

#F0CAB0

accent

#5D00E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F8FF

border

#CCD1D7

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3FC

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

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