#48CCEB#48CCEB

#48CCEB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.120 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCEB
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 235)
HSL	hsl(191, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -25.97, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 36.56, 224.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0962 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.12 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2545, 50.5571, 86.2708)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCEB #EB6748

analogous

#48EBB8 #48CCEB #487AEB

triadic

#48CCEB #EB48CC #CCEB48

tetradic

#48CCEB #B848EB #EB6748 #7AEB48

square

#48CCEB #B848EB #EB6748 #7AEB48

split-complementary

#48CCEB #EB487A #EBB848

monochromatic

#128AA6 #18B8DE #48CCEB #7FDBF1 #B6EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#48CCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCEB

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCEB	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.120 216.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.411,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78629,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCEB

secondary

#A8462F

accent

#3109DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCEB

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

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