#48ABCD#48ABCD

#48ABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.104 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABCD
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -18.38, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 31.70, 234.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0745 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.104 224)
XYZ	xyz(28.2504, 34.9083, 62.9949)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABCD #CD6A48

analogous

#48CDAD #48ABCD #4869CD

triadic

#48ABCD #CD48AB #ABCD48

tetradic

#48ABCD #AD48CD #CD6A48 #69CD48

square

#48ABCD #AD48CD #CD6A48 #69CD48

split-complementary

#48ABCD #CD4869 #CDAD48

monochromatic

#216379 #2E8AA9 #48ABCD #78C1DA #A8D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#48ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABCD

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABCD	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.104 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4dc',
    500: '#48abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abcd;
$custom-light: #89c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.338,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6966,
    "c": 0.10368,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.34911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABCD

secondary

#D5AB9C

accent

#6F47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABCD

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

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