Skip to content

#48ebff

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

RGB
72, 235, 255
HSL
187°, 100%, 64%
CMYK
72, 8, 0, 0
Luminance
0.6801

Every format

HEX#48ebff
RGBrgb(72, 235, 255)
HSLhsl(187, 100%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 8%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(86.0 -34.9 -21.8)
LCHlch(86.0 41.2 211.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.866 0.133 207.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #48ebff;
background-color: #48ebff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#48ebff] bg-[#48ebff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #48ebff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.282, green: 0.922, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#48ebff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#48ebff on white: 1.44:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#48ebff on black: 14.60:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red28.2%
Green92.2%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan71.8%
Magenta7.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#48ebff text on a black background

contrast 14.60:1

Card sample

#48ebff text on a white background

contrast 1.44:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(72, 235, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(72, 235, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #48ebff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48ebff, #4871FF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #48ebff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #48ebff in the Color Lab