#48CCFF#48CCFF

#48CCFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.133 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCFF
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 255)
HSL	hsl(197, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 20%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -19.73, -35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 40.46, 240.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0889 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.133 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3080, 51.7785, 102.3528)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCFF #FF7B48

analogous

#48FFD6 #48CCFF #4871FF

triadic

#48CCFF #FF48CC #CCFF48

tetradic

#48CCFF #D648FF #FF7B48 #71FF48

square

#48CCFF #D648FF #FF7B48 #71FF48

split-complementary

#48CCFF #FF4871 #FFD648

monochromatic

#0094CD #0BBBFF #48CCFF #85DDFF #C2EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48CCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#48CCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCFF

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCFF	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.133 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbff',
    500: '#48ccff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccff;
$custom-light: #91dbff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.721,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79465,
    "c": 0.1331,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCFF

secondary

#C85123

accent

#4000E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCFF

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

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