#48AAD8#48AAD8

#48AAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.113 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAD8
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -14.35, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 34.80, 245.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0695 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.113 232)
XYZ	xyz(29.4370, 35.0819, 70.1725)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAD8 #D87648

analogous

#48D8BE #48AAD8 #4862D8

triadic

#48AAD8 #D848AA #AAD848

tetradic

#48AAD8 #BE48D8 #D87648 #62D848

square

#48AAD8 #BE48D8 #D87648 #62D848

split-complementary

#48AAD8 #D84862 #D8BE48

monochromatic

#1D6689 #288CBB #48AAD8 #7AC1E3 #ADD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48AAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#48AAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAD8

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAD8	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.113 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3e4',
    500: '#48aad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aad8;
$custom-light: #8ac3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.167,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69909,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.35085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAD8

secondary

#DBB3A0

accent

#7640E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAD8

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

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