#48D2EF#48D2EF

#48D2EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.122 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2EF
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -27.71, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 37.34, 222.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.1005 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.122 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2925, 53.6981, 89.8332)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2EF #EF6548

analogous

#48EFB8 #48D2EF #487EEF

triadic

#48D2EF #EF48D2 #D2EF48

tetradic

#48D2EF #B848EF #EF6548 #7EEF48

square

#48D2EF #B848EF #EF6548 #7EEF48

split-complementary

#48D2EF #EF487E #EFB848

monochromatic

#0F92AD #14C1E6 #48D2EF #80E0F4 #B9EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#48D2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2EF

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2EF	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)

#BDCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.122 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e0f4',
    500: '#48d2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2ef;
$custom-light: #90e0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.419,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80184,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2EF

secondary

#AE442D

accent

#2B05E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2EF

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

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