#48BDFF#48BDFF

#48BDFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.140 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDFF
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(202, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -11.85, -41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 43.59, 254.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0749 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.14 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9130, 44.9884, 101.2212)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDFF #FF8A48

analogous

#48FFE5 #48BDFF #4862FF

triadic

#48BDFF #FF48BD #BDFF48

tetradic

#48BDFF #E548FF #FF8A48 #62FF48

square

#48BDFF #E548FF #FF8A48 #62FF48

split-complementary

#48BDFF #FF4862 #FFE548

monochromatic

#0083CD #0BA7FF #48BDFF #85D3FF #C2E9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#48BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDFF

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDFF	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85ABFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.140 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0ff',
    500: '#48bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdff;
$custom-light: #91d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.639,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76067,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDFF

secondary

#F1C9B1

accent

#5300E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F9FF

border

#CCD2D7

text

#0E1418

muted

#7E8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDFF

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

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