#48CCED#48CCED

#48CCED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.121 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCED
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 237)
HSL	hsl(192, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -25.36, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 36.83, 226.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0955 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.121 218)
XYZ	xyz(39.5450, 50.6733, 87.8011)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCED #ED6948

analogous

#48EDBB #48CCED #4879ED

triadic

#48CCED #ED48CC #CCED48

tetradic

#48CCED #BB48ED #ED6948 #79ED48

square

#48CCED #BB48ED #ED6948 #79ED48

split-complementary

#48CCED #ED4879 #EDBB48

monochromatic

#118BAA #16B9E2 #48CCED #80DCF2 #B7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#48CCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCED

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCED	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.121 218.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78709,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.50678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCED

secondary

#AB472E

accent

#3207DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCED

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

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