#48DCFF#48DCFF

#48DCFF is a very light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.131 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCFF
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(191, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -27.76, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 39.63, 225.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.1039 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.131 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3081, 59.7787, 103.6862)
Luminance	0.5978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCFF #FF6B48

analogous

#48FFC6 #48DCFF #4881FF

triadic

#48DCFF #FF48DC #DCFF48

tetradic

#48DCFF #C648FF #FF6B48 #81FF48

square

#48DCFF #C648FF #FF6B48 #81FF48

split-complementary

#48DCFF #FF4881 #FFC648

monochromatic

#00A5CD #0BD0FF #48DCFF #85E8FF #C2F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#48DCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#48DCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCFF

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCFF	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC3FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.131 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7ff',
    500: '#48dcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcff;
$custom-light: #93e7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.475,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83129,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCFF

secondary

#C84323

accent

#2C00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1618

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCFF

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

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