#48CBEC#48CBEC

#48CBEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.121 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBEC
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -25.16, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 36.66, 226.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0949 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.121 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1624, 50.1412, 86.9549)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBEC #EC6948

analogous

#48ECBB #48CBEC #4879EC

triadic

#48CBEC #EC48CB #CBEC48

tetradic

#48CBEC #BB48EC #EC6948 #79EC48

square

#48CBEC #BB48EC #EC6948 #79EC48

split-complementary

#48CBEC #EC4879 #ECBB48

monochromatic

#118AA8 #17B7E0 #48CBEC #7FDBF2 #B7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#48CBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBEC

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBEC	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.121 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbf2',
    500: '#48cbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbec;
$custom-light: #8fdbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.073,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78437,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBEC

secondary

#AA472F

accent

#3308DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBEC

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

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