#48CCF4#48CCF4

#48CCF4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.125 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCF4
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 244)
HSL	hsl(194, 89%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -23.19, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 37.98, 232.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0928 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.125 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5878, 51.0904, 93.2928)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCF4 #F47048

analogous

#48F4C6 #48CCF4 #4876F4

triadic

#48CCF4 #F448CC #CCF448

tetradic

#48CCF4 #C648F4 #F47048 #76F448

square

#48CCF4 #C648F4 #F47048 #76F448

split-complementary

#48CCF4 #F44876 #F4C648

monochromatic

#0B8FB7 #0EBCF0 #48CCF4 #82DCF7 #BBECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48CCF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#48CCF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCF4

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCF4	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C7F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB6F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.125 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbf7',
    500: '#48ccf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccf4;
$custom-light: #90dbf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.953,
    "s": 88.66,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78996,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCF4

secondary

#B64B2B

accent

#3500E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCF4

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

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