#48CFFF#48CFFF

#48CFFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.132 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFFF
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -21.27, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 40.10, 237.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0917 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.132 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0279, 53.2184, 102.5928)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFFF #FF7848

analogous

#48FFD4 #48CFFF #4874FF

triadic

#48CFFF #FF48CF #CFFF48

tetradic

#48CFFF #D448FF #FF7848 #74FF48

square

#48CFFF #D448FF #FF7848 #74FF48

split-complementary

#48CFFF #FF4874 #FFD448

monochromatic

#0097CD #0BBFFF #48CFFF #85DFFF #C2EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48CFFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#48CFFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFFF

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFFF	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.132 226.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8015,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFFF

secondary

#C84E23

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFFF

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

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