#48CDF2#48CDF2

#48CDF2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.124 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDF2
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 242)
HSL	hsl(193, 87%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -24.32, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 37.59, 229.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0945 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.124 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5242, 51.4465, 91.7816)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDF2 #F26D48

analogous

#48F2C2 #48CDF2 #4878F2

triadic

#48CDF2 #F248CD #CDF248

tetradic

#48CDF2 #C248F2 #F26D48 #78F248

square

#48CDF2 #C248F2 #F26D48 #78F248

split-complementary

#48CDF2 #F24878 #F2C248

monochromatic

#0D8FB3 #11BCEC #48CDF2 #81DDF6 #BAECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48CDF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#48CDF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDF2

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDF2	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C8F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB7F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.124 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcf6',
    500: '#48cdf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdf2;
$custom-light: #90dcf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.059,
    "s": 86.735,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79145,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDF2

secondary

#B3492C

accent

#3302E3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDF2

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

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