#48D1EF#48D1EF

#48D1EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.122 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1EF
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -27.22, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 37.27, 223.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0995 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.122 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0464, 53.2059, 89.7511)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1EF #EF6648

analogous

#48EFB9 #48D1EF #487DEF

triadic

#48D1EF #EF48D1 #D1EF48

tetradic

#48D1EF #B948EF #EF6648 #7DEF48

square

#48D1EF #B948EF #EF6648 #7DEF48

split-complementary

#48D1EF #EF487D #EFB948

monochromatic

#0F91AD #14C0E6 #48D1EF #80DFF4 #B9EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D1EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#48D1EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1EF

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1EF	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)

#BCCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.122 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dff4',
    500: '#48d1ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1ef;
$custom-light: #90dff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.778,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79951,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1EF

secondary

#AE442D

accent

#2D05E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1EF

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

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