#48C7EF#48C7EF

#48C7EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.123 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C7EF
RGBrgb(72, 199, 239)
HSLhsl(194, 84%, 61%)
HSVhsv(194, 70%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(75.11, -22.22, -29.89)
CIE-LCHlch(75.11, 37.24, 233.37°)
OKLaboklab(77.63% -0.0899 -0.0835)
OKLCHoklch(77.63% 0.123 222.9)
XYZxyz(38.6695, 48.4521, 88.9588)
Luminance0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C7EF #EF7048
analogous
#48EFC3 #48C7EF #4873EF
triadic
#48C7EF #EF48C7 #C7EF48
tetradic
#48C7EF #C348EF #EF7048 #73EF48
square
#48C7EF #C348EF #EF7048 #73EF48
split-complementary
#48C7EF #EF4873 #EFC348
monochromatic
#0F88AD #14B4E6 #48C7EF #80D8F4 #B9E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#48C7EF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69
#48C7EF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7EF
10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C7EF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C7EF1.001.9610.6910.69
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6921.001.001.00
##00000010.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0C2F1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99B2EF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.123 222.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd8f4',
    500: '#48c7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c7ef;
$custom-light: #8fd8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.371,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77633,
    "c": 0.12271,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C7EF
secondary
#E9B9AA
accent
#3A05E0
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1417
muted
#7E8385

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#48C7EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva