#48C8EF#48C8EF

#48C8EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.123 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8EF
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -22.73, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 37.19, 232.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0908 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.123 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9003, 48.9138, 89.0358)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8EF #EF6F48

analogous

#48EFC2 #48C8EF #4874EF

triadic

#48C8EF #EF48C8 #C8EF48

tetradic

#48C8EF #C248EF #EF6F48 #74EF48

square

#48C8EF #C248EF #EF6F48 #74EF48

split-complementary

#48C8EF #EF4874 #EFC248

monochromatic

#0F88AD #14B5E6 #48C8EF #80D9F4 #B9EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48C8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#48C8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8EF

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8EF	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.123 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9f4',
    500: '#48c8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8ef;
$custom-light: #8fd9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.012,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77864,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8EF

secondary

#E9B9AA

accent

#3805E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8EF

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

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