#48ABD3#48ABD3

#48ABD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.108 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABD3
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 211)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 19%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -16.48, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 33.18, 240.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0723 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.108 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9886, 35.2036, 66.8826)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABD3 #D37048

analogous

#48D3B5 #48ABD3 #4866D3

triadic

#48ABD3 #D348AB #ABD348

tetradic

#48ABD3 #B548D3 #D37048 #66D348

square

#48ABD3 #B548D3 #D37048 #66D348

split-complementary

#48ABD3 #D34866 #D3B548

monochromatic

#1F6581 #2B8CB3 #48ABD3 #79C2DF #ABD8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#48ABD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#48ABD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABD3

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABD3	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.108 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e0',
    500: '#48abd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abd3;
$custom-light: #8ac4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69919,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABD3

secondary

#D8AF9E

accent

#7243E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABD3

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

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