#48cbee

Color #48cbee

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.98 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#48cbee

RGB

rgb(72, 203, 238)

HSL

hsl(192.7, 83%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.7, 69.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.7%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(76.23, -24.55, -27.63)

LCH

lch(76.23, 36.96, 228.38)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.1217, 219.33)

HWB

hwb(192.7, 28.2%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ee6b48

Analogous

#48eebe

#48cbee

#4878ee

Triadic

#48cbee

#ee48cb

#cbee48

Split-complementary

#48cbee

#ee4878

#eebe48

Tetradic

#48cbee

#6b48ee

#ee6b48

#cbee48

Square

#48cbee

#be48ee

#ee6b48

#78ee48

Shades

Color #48cbee mixed toward black.

#19bdea

#1299bd

#0d738e

#094c5f

#04262f

Tints

Color #48cbee mixed toward white.

#67d4f1

#85dcf4

#a4e5f7

#c2eef9

#e1f6fc

Tones

Color #48cbee mixed toward gray.

#56c3e0

#64bbd2

#72b3c5

#7fabb7

#8da3a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495e6 · ΔE 27.2

Deuteranopia

#8d82e4 · ΔE 31

Tritanopia

#55e0de · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48cbee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48cbee]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Frequently asked questions

#48cbee (#48cbee) is rgb(72, 203, 238) in RGB.

No, #48cbee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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