#48DAFF#48DAFF

#48DAFF is a very light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.131 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAFF
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 255)
HSL	hsl(192, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -26.78, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 39.59, 227.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.102 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.131 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7863, 58.7351, 103.5123)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAFF #FF6D48

analogous

#48FFC9 #48DAFF #487FFF

triadic

#48DAFF #FF48DA #DAFF48

tetradic

#48DAFF #C948FF #FF6D48 #7FFF48

square

#48DAFF #C948FF #FF6D48 #7FFF48

split-complementary

#48DAFF #FF487F #FFC948

monochromatic

#00A3CD #0BCEFF #48DAFF #85E6FF #C2F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#48DAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#48DAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAFF

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAFF	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9C2FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48daff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.131 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e5ff',
    500: '#48daff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48daff;
$custom-light: #92e5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48daff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.131,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8267,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAFF

secondary

#C84523

accent

#2E00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1618

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAFF

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

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