#48CEF2#48CEF2

#48CEF2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.124 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEF2
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 242)
HSL	hsl(193, 87%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -24.82, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 37.59, 228.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0955 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.124 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7641, 51.9264, 91.8616)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEF2 #F26C48

analogous

#48F2C1 #48CEF2 #4879F2

triadic

#48CEF2 #F248CE #CEF248

tetradic

#48CEF2 #C148F2 #F26C48 #79F248

square

#48CEF2 #C148F2 #F26C48 #79F248

split-complementary

#48CEF2 #F24879 #F2C148

monochromatic

#0D90B3 #11BEEC #48CEF2 #81DDF6 #BAEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48CEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#48CEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEF2

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEF2	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B7F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.124 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddf6',
    500: '#48cef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cef2;
$custom-light: #90ddf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.706,
    "s": 86.735,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79376,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEF2

secondary

#B3482C

accent

#3202E3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEF2

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

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