#48D0FF#48D0FF

#48D0FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.132 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0FF
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -21.78, -33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 40.00, 237.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0926 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.132 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2710, 53.7044, 102.6738)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0FF #FF7748

analogous

#48FFD3 #48D0FF #4875FF

triadic

#48D0FF #FF48D0 #D0FF48

tetradic

#48D0FF #D348FF #FF7748 #75FF48

square

#48D0FF #D348FF #FF7748 #75FF48

split-complementary

#48D0FF #FF4875 #FFD348

monochromatic

#0098CD #0BC0FF #48D0FF #85E0FF #C2EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D0FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#48D0FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0FF

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0FF	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DBAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.132 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92deff',
    500: '#48d0ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0ff;
$custom-light: #92deff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.41,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80378,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0FF

secondary

#C84E23

accent

#3B00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0FF

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

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