#48CDED#48CDED

#48CDED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.121 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDED
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(192, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -25.85, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 36.85, 225.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0964 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.121 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7835, 51.1502, 87.8806)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDED #ED6848

analogous

#48EDBA #48CDED #487BED

triadic

#48CDED #ED48CD #CDED48

tetradic

#48CDED #BA48ED #ED6848 #7BED48

square

#48CDED #BA48ED #ED6848 #7BED48

split-complementary

#48CDED #ED487B #EDBA48

monochromatic

#118CAA #16BAE2 #48CDED #80DCF2 #B7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48CDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#48CDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDED

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDED	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.121 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdcf3',
    500: '#48cded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cded;
$custom-light: #8fdcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.636,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78942,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDED

secondary

#AB462E

accent

#3107DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDED

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

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