#48CBEF#48CBEF

#48CBEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.122 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBEF
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -24.24, -28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 37.12, 229.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0937 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.122 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6020, 50.3170, 89.2696)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBEF #EF6C48

analogous

#48EFBF #48CBEF #4877EF

triadic

#48CBEF #EF48CB #CBEF48

tetradic

#48CBEF #BF48EF #EF6C48 #77EF48

square

#48CBEF #BF48EF #EF6C48 #77EF48

split-complementary

#48CBEF #EF4877 #EFBF48

monochromatic

#0F8BAD #14B9E6 #48CBEF #80DBF4 #B9EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#48CBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBEF

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBEF	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.122 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbf4',
    500: '#48cbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbef;
$custom-light: #8fdbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.934,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78559,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBEF

secondary

#AE492D

accent

#3405E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBEF

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

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