#48CEFA#48CEFA

#48CEFA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.129 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEFA
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 250)
HSL	hsl(195, 95%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -22.33, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 39.07, 235.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0926 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.129 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9920, 52.4176, 98.3284)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEFA #FA7448

analogous

#48FACD #48CEFA #4875FA

triadic

#48CEFA #FA48CE #CEFA48

tetradic

#48CEFA #CD48FA #FA7448 #75FA48

square

#48CEFA #CD48FA #FA7448 #75FA48

split-complementary

#48CEFA #FA4875 #FACD48

monochromatic

#0594C2 #0CBEF8 #48CEFA #84DEFC #BFEEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48CEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#48CEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEFA

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEFA	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5CAFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB8FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.129 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ddfc',
    500: '#48cefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cefa;
$custom-light: #91ddfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.831,
    "s": 94.681,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79708,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEFA

secondary

#BF4D27

accent

#3900E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEFA

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

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