#48AAD6#48AAD6

#48AAD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.111 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAD6
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -14.99, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 34.18, 243.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0702 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.111 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1800, 34.9791, 68.8191)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAD6 #D67448

analogous

#48D6BB #48AAD6 #4863D6

triadic

#48AAD6 #D648AA #AAD648

tetradic

#48AAD6 #BB48D6 #D67448 #63D648

square

#48AAD6 #BB48D6 #D67448 #63D648

split-complementary

#48AAD6 #D64863 #D6BB48

monochromatic

#1E6686 #298BB8 #48AAD6 #7AC1E1 #ACD8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48AAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#48AAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAD6

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAD6	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8099D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.111 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3e2',
    500: '#48aad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aad6;
$custom-light: #8ac3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.592,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69819,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAD6

secondary

#DAB2A0

accent

#7541E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAD6

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

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