#48CDF0#48CDF0

#48CDF0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.123 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDF0
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 240)
HSL	hsl(193, 85%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 14.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -24.93, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 37.28, 228.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0953 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.123 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2254, 51.3270, 90.2083)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDF0 #F06B48

analogous

#48F0BF #48CDF0 #4879F0

triadic

#48CDF0 #F048CD #CDF048

tetradic

#48CDF0 #BF48F0 #F06B48 #79F048

square

#48CDF0 #BF48F0 #F06B48 #79F048

split-complementary

#48CDF0 #F04879 #F0BF48

monochromatic

#0E8EAF #13BBE8 #48CDF0 #81DCF5 #B9ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48CDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#48CDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDF0

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDF0	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.123 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcf5',
    500: '#48cdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdf0;
$custom-light: #90dcf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 84.848,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79063,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDF0

secondary

#AF482D

accent

#3204E1

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDF0

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

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