#48CAEB#48CAEB

#48CAEB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.120 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAEB
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -24.97, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 36.50, 226.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0943 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.12 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7822, 49.6125, 86.1134)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAEB #EB6948

analogous

#48EBBA #48CAEB #4879EB

triadic

#48CAEB #EB48CA #CAEB48

tetradic

#48CAEB #BA48EB #EB6948 #79EB48

square

#48CAEB #BA48EB #EB6948 #79EB48

split-complementary

#48CAEB #EB4879 #EBBA48

monochromatic

#1288A6 #18B6DE #48CAEB #7FDAF1 #B6EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#48CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#48CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAEB

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAEB	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.120 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdaf1',
    500: '#48caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48caeb;
$custom-light: #8fdaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.147,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78164,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAEB

secondary

#E7B5A8

accent

#3409DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAEB

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

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