#48CBF2#48CBF2

#48CBF2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.124 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBF2
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 242)
HSL	hsl(194, 87%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 16.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -23.31, -29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 37.64, 231.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0926 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.124 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0488, 50.4958, 91.6232)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBF2 #F26F48

analogous

#48F2C4 #48CBF2 #4876F2

triadic

#48CBF2 #F248CB #CBF248

tetradic

#48CBF2 #C448F2 #F26F48 #76F248

square

#48CBF2 #C448F2 #F26F48 #76F248

split-complementary

#48CBF2 #F24876 #F2C448

monochromatic

#0D8DB3 #11BAEC #48CBF2 #81DBF6 #BAEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CBF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#48CBF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBF2

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBF2	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C6F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB5F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.124 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbf6',
    500: '#48cbf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbf2;
$custom-light: #90dbf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.765,
    "s": 86.735,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78682,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBF2

secondary

#B34B2C

accent

#3602E3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBF2

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

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