#48D3EF#48D3EF

#48D3EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.122 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3EF
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -28.20, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 37.41, 221.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.1015 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.122 214)
XYZ	xyz(41.5402, 54.1934, 89.9157)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3EF #EF6448

analogous

#48EFB7 #48D3EF #487FEF

triadic

#48D3EF #EF48D3 #D3EF48

tetradic

#48D3EF #B748EF #EF6448 #7FEF48

square

#48D3EF #B748EF #EF6448 #7FEF48

split-complementary

#48D3EF #EF487F #EFB748

monochromatic

#0F93AD #14C3E6 #48D3EF #80E1F4 #B9EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#48D3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3EF

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3EF	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)

#BFCCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.122 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e0f4',
    500: '#48d3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3ef;
$custom-light: #90e0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.06,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80416,
    "c": 0.12239,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.54198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3EF

secondary

#AE432D

accent

#2A05E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3EF

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

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