#48AADD#48AADD

#48AADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AADD
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -12.73, -34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 36.44, 249.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0678 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.117 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0932, 35.3444, 73.6288)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AADD #DD7B48

analogous

#48DDC6 #48AADD #485FDD

triadic

#48AADD #DD48AA #AADD48

tetradic

#48AADD #C648DD #DD7B48 #5FDD48

square

#48AADD #C648DD #DD7B48 #5FDD48

split-complementary

#48AADD #DD485F #DDC648

monochromatic

#1B6890 #248DC3 #48AADD #7CC2E7 #AFDAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#48AADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#48AADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AADD

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AADD	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 234.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.537,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70139,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AADD

secondary

#DEB7A2

accent

#783CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AADD

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

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