#48CDFF#48CDFF

#48CDFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.133 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDFF
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -20.25, -34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 40.33, 239.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0898 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.133 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5465, 52.2554, 102.4323)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDFF #FF7A48

analogous

#48FFD5 #48CDFF #4872FF

triadic

#48CDFF #FF48CD #CDFF48

tetradic

#48CDFF #D548FF #FF7A48 #72FF48

square

#48CDFF #D548FF #FF7A48 #72FF48

split-complementary

#48CDFF #FF4872 #FFD548

monochromatic

#0095CD #0BBCFF #48CDFF #85DEFF #C2EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#48CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDFF

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDFF	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.133 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcff',
    500: '#48cdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdff;
$custom-light: #91dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.393,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79693,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDFF

secondary

#C85023

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDFF

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

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