#48AAD4#48AAD4

#48AAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.109 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAD4
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 19.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -15.63, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 33.60, 242.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0709 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.109 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9262, 34.8775, 67.4822)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAD4 #D47248

analogous

#48D4B8 #48AAD4 #4864D4

triadic

#48AAD4 #D448AA #AAD448

tetradic

#48AAD4 #B848D4 #D47248 #64D448

square

#48AAD4 #B848D4 #D47248 #64D448

split-complementary

#48AAD4 #D44864 #D4B848

monochromatic

#1F6583 #2A8BB4 #48AAD4 #7AC1E0 #ABD8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48AAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#48AAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAD4

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAD4	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.109 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3e1',
    500: '#48aad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aad4;
$custom-light: #8ac3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6973,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAD4

secondary

#D9B09F

accent

#7343E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAD4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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