#48CBED#48CBED

#48CBED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.121 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBED
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(192, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -24.86, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 36.81, 227.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0945 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.121 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3081, 50.1995, 87.7222)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBED #ED6A48

analogous

#48EDBD #48CBED #4878ED

triadic

#48CBED #ED48CB #CBED48

tetradic

#48CBED #BD48ED #ED6A48 #78ED48

square

#48CBED #BD48ED #ED6A48 #78ED48

split-complementary

#48CBED #ED4878 #EDBD48

monochromatic

#118AAA #16B8E2 #48CBED #80DBF2 #B7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#48CBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBED

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBED	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.121 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbf3',
    500: '#48cbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbed;
$custom-light: #8fdbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.364,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78477,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBED

secondary

#AB482E

accent

#3307DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBED

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

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