#48D2F0#48D2F0

#48D2F0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.123 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2F0
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 240)
HSL	hsl(191, 85%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 12.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -27.41, -25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 37.44, 222.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.1001 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.123 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4406, 53.7574, 90.6133)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2F0 #F06648

analogous

#48F0BA #48D2F0 #487EF0

triadic

#48D2F0 #F048D2 #D2F048

tetradic

#48D2F0 #BA48F0 #F06648 #7EF048

square

#48D2F0 #BA48F0 #F06648 #7EF048

split-complementary

#48D2F0 #F0487E #F0BA48

monochromatic

#0E93AF #13C2E8 #48D2F0 #81E0F5 #B9EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D2F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#48D2F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2F0

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2F0	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCCF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.123 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e0f5',
    500: '#48d2f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2f0;
$custom-light: #90e0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 84.848,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80223,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2F0

secondary

#AF442D

accent

#2C04E1

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2F0

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

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