#48AADC#48AADC

#48AADC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.116 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AADC
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -13.06, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 36.10, 248.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0681 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.116 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9604, 35.2912, 72.9292)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AADC #DC7A48

analogous

#48DCC4 #48AADC #4860DC

triadic

#48AADC #DC48AA #AADC48

tetradic

#48AADC #C448DC #DC7A48 #60DC48

square

#48AADC #C448DC #DC7A48 #60DC48

split-complementary

#48AADC #DC4860 #DCC448

monochromatic

#1B678E #258DC2 #48AADC #7BC2E6 #AFDAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#48AADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#48AADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AADC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AADC	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aadc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.116 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3e7',
    500: '#48aadc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aadc;
$custom-light: #8bc3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aadc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.27,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70092,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AADC

secondary

#DEB6A2

accent

#783DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AADC

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

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