#48CCF2#48CCF2

#48CCF2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.124 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCF2
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 242)
HSL	hsl(193, 87%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 15.7%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -23.81, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 37.61, 230.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0936 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.124 221)
XYZ	xyz(40.2857, 50.9696, 91.7021)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCF2 #F26E48

analogous

#48F2C3 #48CCF2 #4877F2

triadic

#48CCF2 #F248CC #CCF248

tetradic

#48CCF2 #C348F2 #F26E48 #77F248

square

#48CCF2 #C348F2 #F26E48 #77F248

split-complementary

#48CCF2 #F24877 #F2C348

monochromatic

#0D8EB3 #11BBEC #48CCF2 #81DCF6 #BAECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48CCF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#48CCF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCF2

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCF2	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C7F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB6F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.124 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbf6',
    500: '#48ccf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccf2;
$custom-light: #90dbf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.412,
    "s": 86.735,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78913,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.50974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCF2

secondary

#B34A2C

accent

#3502E3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCF2

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

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