#48C9EB#48C9EB

#48C9EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.120 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9EB
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -24.47, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 36.49, 227.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0933 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.12 219)
XYZ	xyz(38.5483, 49.1448, 86.0354)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9EB #EB6A48

analogous

#48EBBB #48C9EB #4878EB

triadic

#48C9EB #EB48C9 #C9EB48

tetradic

#48C9EB #BB48EB #EB6A48 #78EB48

square

#48C9EB #BB48EB #EB6A48 #78EB48

split-complementary

#48C9EB #EB4878 #EBBB48

monochromatic

#1287A6 #18B4DE #48C9EB #7FD9F1 #B6EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48C9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#48C9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9EB

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9EB	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.120 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9f1',
    500: '#48c9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9eb;
$custom-light: #8fd9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.515,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77931,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.49149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9EB

secondary

#E7B5A8

accent

#3509DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9EB

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

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