#48D2FF#48D2FF

#48D2FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.132 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D2FF
RGBrgb(72, 210, 255)
HSLhsl(195, 100%, 64%)
HSVhsv(195, 72%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(71.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LABlab(78.86, -22.79, -32.68)
CIE-LCHlch(78.86, 39.84, 235.11°)
OKLaboklab(80.84% -0.0945 -0.0915)
OKLCHoklch(80.84% 0.132 224.1)
XYZxyz(43.7617, 54.6858, 102.8374)
Luminance0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D2FF #FF7548
analogous
#48FFD1 #48D2FF #4877FF
triadic
#48D2FF #FF48D2 #D2FF48
tetradic
#48D2FF #D148FF #FF7548 #77FF48
square
#48D2FF #D148FF #FF7548 #77FF48
split-complementary
#48D2FF #FF4877 #FFD148
monochromatic
#009ACD #0BC3FF #48D2FF #85E1FF #C2F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76
#48D2FF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94
#48D2FF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2FF
11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D2FF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D2FF1.001.7611.9411.94
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9421.001.001.00
##00000011.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9CDFF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0BBFF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E0E1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d2ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.132 224.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e0ff',
    500: '#48d2ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d2ff;
$custom-light: #92e0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d2ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.754,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80835,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D2FF
secondary
#C84C23
accent
#3800E6
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFF
border
#CFD5D7
text
#0F1518
muted
#808486

Preview Lab

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#48D2FF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva