#48BFEC#48BFEC

#48BFEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.122 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFEC
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -19.05, -32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 37.24, 239.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0832 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.122 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4375, 44.6913, 86.0466)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFEC #EC7548

analogous

#48ECC7 #48BFEC #486DEC

triadic

#48BFEC #EC48BF #BFEC48

tetradic

#48BFEC #C748EC #EC7548 #6DEC48

square

#48BFEC #C748EC #EC7548 #6DEC48

split-complementary

#48BFEC #EC486D #ECC748

monochromatic

#117FA8 #17A9E0 #48BFEC #7FD2F2 #B7E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48BFEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#48BFEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFEC

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFEC	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.122 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2f2',
    500: '#48bfec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfec;
$custom-light: #8ed2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.463,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75657,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFEC

secondary

#E7BAA9

accent

#4308DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFEC

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

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