#48CEFF#48CEFF

#48CEFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.133 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEFF
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -20.76, -34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 40.21, 238.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0908 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.133 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7864, 52.7354, 102.5123)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEFF #FF7948

analogous

#48FFD5 #48CEFF #4873FF

triadic

#48CEFF #FF48CE #CEFF48

tetradic

#48CEFF #D548FF #FF7948 #73FF48

square

#48CEFF #D548FF #FF7948 #73FF48

split-complementary

#48CEFF #FF4873 #FFD548

monochromatic

#0096CD #0BBEFF #48CEFF #85DEFF #C2EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48CEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#48CEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEFF

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEFF	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ceff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.133 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ddff',
    500: '#48ceff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ceff;
$custom-light: #92ddff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ceff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.066,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79921,
    "c": 0.1325,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEFF

secondary

#C84F23

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEFF

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

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