#48C6EF#48C6EF

#48C6EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.123 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6EF
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -21.71, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 37.30, 234.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0889 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.123 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4402, 47.9935, 88.8824)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6EF #EF7148

analogous

#48EFC5 #48C6EF #4872EF

triadic

#48C6EF #EF48C6 #C6EF48

tetradic

#48C6EF #C548EF #EF7148 #72EF48

square

#48C6EF #C548EF #EF7148 #72EF48

split-complementary

#48C6EF #EF4872 #EFC548

monochromatic

#0F87AD #14B2E6 #48C6EF #80D8F4 #B9E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48C6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#48C6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6EF

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6EF	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.123 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7f4',
    500: '#48c6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6ef;
$custom-light: #8fd7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.731,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77402,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6EF

secondary

#E9B9AA

accent

#3B05E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6EF

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

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