#48CDEF#48CDEF

#48CDEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.122 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDEF
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 239)
HSL	hsl(192, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -25.24, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 37.13, 227.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0957 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.122 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0773, 51.2678, 89.4281)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDEF #EF6A48

analogous

#48EFBE #48CDEF #4879EF

triadic

#48CDEF #EF48CD #CDEF48

tetradic

#48CDEF #BE48EF #EF6A48 #79EF48

square

#48CDEF #BE48EF #EF6A48 #79EF48

split-complementary

#48CDEF #EF4879 #EFBE48

monochromatic

#0F8DAD #14BBE6 #48CDEF #80DCF4 #B9ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48CDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#48CDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDEF

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDEF	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.122 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdcf4',
    500: '#48cdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdef;
$custom-light: #8fdcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.216,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79022,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDEF

secondary

#AE472D

accent

#3205E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDEF

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

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