#48d0f5

Color #48d0f5

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.61 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#48d0f5

RGB

rgb(72, 208, 245)

HSL

hsl(192.8, 89.6%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.8, 70.6%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(77.92, -24.89, -28.79)

LCH

lch(77.92, 38.06, 229.16)

OKLCH

oklch(80%, 0.1255, 219.86)

HWB

hwb(192.8, 28.2%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f56d48

Analogous

#48f5c3

#48d0f5

#487af5

Triadic

#48d0f5

#f548d0

#d0f548

Split-complementary

#48d0f5

#f5487a

#f5c348

Tetradic

#48d0f5

#6d48f5

#f56d48

#d0f548

Square

#48d0f5

#c348f5

#f56d48

#7af548

Shades

Color #48d0f5 mixed toward black.

#16c3f2

#0ba0c8

#087896

#055064

#032832

Tints

Color #48d0f5 mixed toward white.

#67d8f7

#85e0f8

#a4e8fa

#c2effc

#e1f7fd

Tones

Color #48d0f5 mixed toward gray.

#57c8e7

#65c0d8

#73b7ca

#82afbb

#90a7ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798ed · ΔE 27.6

Deuteranopia

#9085eb · ΔE 31.2

Tritanopia

#56e6e4 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48d0f5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48d0f5]

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

#48d0f5 (#48d0f5) is rgb(72, 208, 245) in RGB.

No, #48d0f5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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