#48ABD6#48ABD6

#48ABD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABD6
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -15.53, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 34.02, 242.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0712 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.111 230)
XYZ	xyz(29.3682, 35.3554, 68.8818)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABD6 #D67348

analogous

#48D6BA #48ABD6 #4864D6

triadic

#48ABD6 #D648AB #ABD648

tetradic

#48ABD6 #BA48D6 #D67348 #64D648

square

#48ABD6 #BA48D6 #D67348 #64D648

split-complementary

#48ABD6 #D64864 #D6BA48

monochromatic

#1E6686 #298CB8 #48ABD6 #7AC2E1 #ACD9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#48ABD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#48ABD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABD6

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABD6	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)

#95A9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e2',
    500: '#48abd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abd6;
$custom-light: #8ac4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.169,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70052,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.35359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABD6

secondary

#DAB1A0

accent

#7341E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABD6

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

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