#48D1FF#48D1FF

#48D1FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.132 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1FF
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 18%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -22.28, -33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 39.92, 236.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0936 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.132 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5155, 54.1936, 102.7553)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1FF #FF7648

analogous

#48FFD2 #48D1FF #4876FF

triadic

#48D1FF #FF48D1 #D1FF48

tetradic

#48D1FF #D248FF #FF7648 #76FF48

square

#48D1FF #D248FF #FF7648 #76FF48

split-complementary

#48D1FF #FF4876 #FFD248

monochromatic

#0099CD #0BC2FF #48D1FF #85E0FF #C2F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D1FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#48D1FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1FF

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1FF	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FBBFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.132 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dfff',
    500: '#48d1ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1ff;
$custom-light: #92dfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.082,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80607,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1FF

secondary

#C84D23

accent

#3A00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1FF

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

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