#48BCFD#48BCFD

#48BCFD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.139 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCFD
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 253)
HSL	hsl(202, 98%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 72%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -11.97, -41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 43.14, 253.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0746 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.139 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3784, 44.4316, 99.4630)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCFD #FD8948

analogous

#48FDE3 #48BCFD #4861FD

triadic

#48BCFD #FD48BC #BCFD48

tetradic

#48BCFD #E348FD #FD8948 #61FD48

square

#48BCFD #E348FD #FD8948 #61FD48

split-complementary

#48BCFD #FD4861 #FDE348

monochromatic

#0281C8 #0BA6FC #48BCFD #85D2FE #C1E8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#48BCFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#48BCFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCFD

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCFD	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DBCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85AAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.139 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0fe',
    500: '#48bcfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcfd;
$custom-light: #90d0fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.547,
    "s": 97.838,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75747,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCFD

secondary

#F0C7B0

accent

#5200E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F9FF

border

#CCD2D7

text

#0E1318

muted

#7E8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCFD

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

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