#48D7FF#48D7FF

#48D7FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.131 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7FF
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 255)
HSL	hsl(193, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -25.29, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 39.61, 230.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0992 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.131 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0154, 57.1933, 103.2553)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7FF #FF7048

analogous

#48FFCC #48D7FF #487CFF

triadic

#48D7FF #FF48D7 #D7FF48

tetradic

#48D7FF #CC48FF #FF7048 #7CFF48

square

#48D7FF #CC48FF #FF7048 #7CFF48

split-complementary

#48D7FF #FF487C #FFCC48

monochromatic

#00A0CD #0BCAFF #48D7FF #85E4FF #C2F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48D7FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#48D7FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7FF

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7FF	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFD1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BFFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.131 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e3ff',
    500: '#48d7ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7ff;
$custom-light: #92e3ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.115,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81981,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7FF

secondary

#C84723

accent

#3200E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7FF

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

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