#48ABD2#48ABD2

#48ABD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.107 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABD2
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -16.80, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 32.91, 239.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0727 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.107 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8636, 35.1536, 66.2244)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABD2 #D26F48

analogous

#48D2B4 #48ABD2 #4866D2

triadic

#48ABD2 #D248AB #ABD248

tetradic

#48ABD2 #B448D2 #D26F48 #66D248

square

#48ABD2 #B448D2 #D26F48 #66D248

split-complementary

#48ABD2 #D24866 #D2B448

monochromatic

#206580 #2C8BB1 #48ABD2 #79C2DE #AAD8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#48ABD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#48ABD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABD2

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABD2	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#96A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.107 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e0',
    500: '#48abd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abd2;
$custom-light: #8ac4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69876,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABD2

secondary

#D8AE9E

accent

#7144E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABD2

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

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