#48C8F7#48C8F7

#48C8F7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.128 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8F7
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 247)
HSL	hsl(196, 92%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 19%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -20.22, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 38.94, 238.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0879 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.128 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1084, 49.3971, 95.3984)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8F7 #F77748

analogous

#48F7CE #48C8F7 #4871F7

triadic

#48C8F7 #F748C8 #C8F748

tetradic

#48C8F7 #CE48F7 #F77748 #71F748

square

#48C8F7 #CE48F7 #F77748 #71F748

split-complementary

#48C8F7 #F74871 #F7CE48

monochromatic

#088CBC #0DB6F4 #48C8F7 #83DAFA #BDEBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48C8F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#48C8F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8F7

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8F7	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC4F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B3F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.128 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d8fa',
    500: '#48c8f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8f7;
$custom-light: #90d8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.114,
    "s": 91.623,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78204,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8F7

secondary

#EDBFAE

accent

#3E00E6

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFF

border

#CCD3D7

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8F7

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

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