#48cef5

Color #48cef5

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.48 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#48cef5

RGB

rgb(72, 206, 245)

HSL

hsl(193.5, 89.6%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.5, 70.6%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(77.35, -23.89, -29.67)

LCH

lch(77.35, 38.09, 231.16)

OKLCH

oklch(79.5%, 0.1256, 221.29)

HWB

hwb(193.5, 28.2%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f56f48

Analogous

#48f5c5

#48cef5

#4878f5

Triadic

#48cef5

#f548ce

#cef548

Split-complementary

#48cef5

#f54878

#f5c548

Tetradic

#48cef5

#6f48f5

#f56f48

#cef548

Square

#48cef5

#c548f5

#f56f48

#78f548

Shades

Color #48cef5 mixed toward black.

#16c1f2

#0b9ec8

#087696

#054f64

#032732

Tints

Color #48cef5 mixed toward white.

#67d6f7

#85def8

#a4e7fa

#c2effc

#e1f7fd

Tones

Color #48cef5 mixed toward gray.

#57c6e7

#65bed8

#73b6ca

#82aebb

#90a7ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9697ec · ΔE 27.1

Deuteranopia

#8e84ea · ΔE 30.7

Tritanopia

#56e5e4 · ΔE 14.1

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48cef5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48cef5]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#48cef5 (#48cef5) is rgb(72, 206, 245) in RGB.

No, #48cef5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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