#48CBEB#48CBEB

#48CBEB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.120 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBEB
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -25.47, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 36.53, 225.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0952 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.12 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0176, 50.0833, 86.1919)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBEB #EB6848

analogous

#48EBB9 #48CBEB #4879EB

triadic

#48CBEB #EB48CB #CBEB48

tetradic

#48CBEB #B948EB #EB6848 #79EB48

square

#48CBEB #B948EB #EB6848 #79EB48

split-complementary

#48CBEB #EB4879 #EBB948

monochromatic

#1289A6 #18B7DE #48CBEB #7FDBF1 #B6EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#48CBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBEB

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBEB	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.120 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbf1',
    500: '#48cbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbeb;
$custom-light: #8fdbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.779,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78396,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBEB

secondary

#A8472F

accent

#3209DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBEB

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

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