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#48ceff

a balanced, electric cyan · cool · closest name: skyblue

RGB
72, 206, 255
HSL
196°, 100%, 64%
CMYK
72, 19, 0, 0
Luminance
0.5274

Every format

HEX#48ceff
RGBrgb(72, 206, 255)
HSLhsl(196, 100%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 19%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(77.7 -20.8 -34.4)
LCHlch(77.7 40.2 238.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.799 0.133 226.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #48ceff;
background-color: #48ceff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#48ceff] bg-[#48ceff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #48ceff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.282, green: 0.808, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#48ceff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#48ceff on white: 1.82:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#48ceff on black: 11.55:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red28.2%
Green80.8%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan71.8%
Magenta19.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#48ceff text on a black background

contrast 11.55:1

Card sample

#48ceff text on a white background

contrast 1.82:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #48ceff;
Background color
Panel with #48ceff background
background-color: #48ceff;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #48ceff;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(72, 206, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(72, 206, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #48ceff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48ceff, #4854FF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #48ceff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #48ceff in the Color Lab