#48DEFF#48DEFF

#48DEFF is a very light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.131 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DEFF
RGB	rgb(72, 222, 255)
HSL	hsl(191, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -28.74, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 39.71, 223.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.1058 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.131 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8361, 60.8348, 103.8622)
Luminance	0.6084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DEFF #FF6948

analogous

#48FFC5 #48DEFF #4883FF

triadic

#48DEFF #FF48DE #DEFF48

tetradic

#48DEFF #C548FF #FF6948 #83FF48

square

#48DEFF #C548FF #FF6948 #83FF48

split-complementary

#48DEFF #FF4883 #FFC548

monochromatic

#00A8CD #0BD3FF #48DEFF #85E9FF #C2F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#48DEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#48DEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DEFF

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DEFF	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC5FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48deff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 222, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.131 215.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48deff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.82,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83589,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DEFF

secondary

#C84123

accent

#2900E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1618

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DEFF

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

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