#48ABD8#48ABD8

#48ABD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.112 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABD8
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -14.89, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 34.61, 244.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0705 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.112 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6252, 35.4582, 70.2353)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABD8 #D87548

analogous

#48D8BD #48ABD8 #4863D8

triadic

#48ABD8 #D848AB #ABD848

tetradic

#48ABD8 #BD48D8 #D87548 #63D848

square

#48ABD8 #BD48D8 #D87548 #63D848

split-complementary

#48ABD8 #D84863 #D8BD48

monochromatic

#1D6789 #288DBB #48ABD8 #7AC2E3 #ADD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#48ABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#48ABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABD8

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABD8	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.112 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e4',
    500: '#48abd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abd8;
$custom-light: #8ac4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70142,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABD8

secondary

#DBB3A0

accent

#7440E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABD8

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

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