#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
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -22.22, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 37.24, 233.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0899 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.123 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6695, 48.4521, 88.9588)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##48C7EF	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7EF

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