#48C9EF#48C9EF

#48C9EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.122 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9EF
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -23.23, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 37.16, 231.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0918 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.122 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1327, 49.3785, 89.1132)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9EF #EF6E48

analogous

#48EFC2 #48C9EF #4875EF

triadic

#48C9EF #EF48C9 #C9EF48

tetradic

#48C9EF #C248EF #EF6E48 #75EF48

square

#48C9EF #C248EF #EF6E48 #75EF48

split-complementary

#48C9EF #EF4875 #EFC248

monochromatic

#0F89AD #14B6E6 #48C9EF #80DAF4 #B9EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48C9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#48C9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9EF

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9EF	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)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.122 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9f4',
    500: '#48c9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9ef;
$custom-light: #8fd9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.653,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78096,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9EF

secondary

#E9B8AA

accent

#3705E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9EF

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

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