#48CDEB#48CDEB

#48CDEB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.120 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDEB
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(191, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -26.46, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 36.61, 223.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0972 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.12 216)
XYZ	xyz(39.4929, 51.0340, 86.3503)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDEB #EB6648

analogous

#48EBB8 #48CDEB #487BEB

triadic

#48CDEB #EB48CD #CDEB48

tetradic

#48CDEB #B848EB #EB6648 #7BEB48

square

#48CDEB #B848EB #EB6648 #7BEB48

split-complementary

#48CDEB #EB487B #EBB848

monochromatic

#128BA6 #18B9DE #48CDEB #7FDCF1 #B6EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#48CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDEB

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDEB	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.120 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdcf1',
    500: '#48cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdeb;
$custom-light: #8fdcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.043,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78862,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.51039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDEB

secondary

#A8452F

accent

#3009DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDEB

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

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