#48CCF0#48CCF0

#48CCF0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.123 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCF0
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 240)
HSL	hsl(193, 85%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 15%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -24.43, -28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 37.28, 229.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0943 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.123 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9870, 50.8501, 90.1288)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCF0 #F06C48

analogous

#48F0C0 #48CCF0 #4878F0

triadic

#48CCF0 #F048CC #CCF048

tetradic

#48CCF0 #C048F0 #F06C48 #78F048

square

#48CCF0 #C048F0 #F06C48 #78F048

split-complementary

#48CCF0 #F04878 #F0C048

monochromatic

#0E8DAF #13BAE8 #48CCF0 #81DCF5 #B9ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48CCF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#48CCF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCF0

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCF0	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB6F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.123 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbf5',
    500: '#48ccf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccf0;
$custom-light: #90dbf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 84.848,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78831,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCF0

secondary

#AF492D

accent

#3404E1

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCF0

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

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