#48DBFF#48DBFF

#48DBFF is a very light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.131 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBFF
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 255)
HSL	hsl(192, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, -27.27, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 39.61, 226.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.103 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.131 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0464, 59.2553, 103.5990)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBFF #FF6C48

analogous

#48FFC7 #48DBFF #4880FF

triadic

#48DBFF #FF48DB #DBFF48

tetradic

#48DBFF #C748FF #FF6C48 #80FF48

square

#48DBFF #C748FF #FF6C48 #80FF48

split-complementary

#48DBFF #FF4880 #FFC748

monochromatic

#00A4CD #0BCFFF #48DBFF #85E7FF #C2F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#48DBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#48DBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBFF

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBFF	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC2FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.131 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e6ff',
    500: '#48dbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbff;
$custom-light: #92e6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.803,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82899,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBFF

secondary

#C84423

accent

#2D00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1618

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBFF

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

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