#48DDFF#48DDFF

#48DDFF is a very light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.131 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDFF
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 255)
HSL	hsl(191, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -28.25, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 39.67, 224.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.1049 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.131 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5713, 60.3051, 103.7739)
Luminance	0.6031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDFF #FF6A48

analogous

#48FFC6 #48DDFF #4881FF

triadic

#48DDFF #FF48DD #DDFF48

tetradic

#48DDFF #C648FF #FF6A48 #81FF48

square

#48DDFF #C648FF #FF6A48 #81FF48

split-complementary

#48DDFF #FF4881 #FFC648

monochromatic

#00A7CD #0BD2FF #48DDFF #85E8FF #C2F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#48DDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#48DDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDFF

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDFF	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC4FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.131 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e8ff',
    500: '#48ddff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddff;
$custom-light: #93e8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.148,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83359,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDFF

secondary

#C84223

accent

#2B00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1618

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDFF

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

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