#48AAD9#48AAD9

#48AAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAD9
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -14.03, -32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 35.11, 246.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0692 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.114 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5667, 35.1337, 70.8555)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAD9 #D97748

analogous

#48D9BF #48AAD9 #4862D9

triadic

#48AAD9 #D948AA #AAD948

tetradic

#48AAD9 #BF48D9 #D97748 #62D948

square

#48AAD9 #BF48D9 #D97748 #62D948

split-complementary

#48AAD9 #D94862 #D9BF48

monochromatic

#1D678A #278CBD #48AAD9 #7BC2E4 #ADD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48AAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#48AAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAD9

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAD9	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3e5',
    500: '#48aad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aad9;
$custom-light: #8ac3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.448,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69955,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAD9

secondary

#DCB4A1

accent

#763FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAD9

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

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