#48ABD9#48ABD9

#48ABD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.113 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABD9
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -14.57, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 34.92, 245.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0702 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.113 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7548, 35.5101, 70.9182)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABD9 #D97648

analogous

#48D9BE #48ABD9 #4863D9

triadic

#48ABD9 #D948AB #ABD948

tetradic

#48ABD9 #BE48D9 #D97648 #63D948

square

#48ABD9 #BE48D9 #D97648 #63D948

split-complementary

#48ABD9 #D94863 #D9BE48

monochromatic

#1D678A #278DBD #48ABD9 #7BC2E4 #ADDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#48ABD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#48ABD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABD9

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABD9	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.113 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e5',
    500: '#48abd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abd9;
$custom-light: #8bc4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.034,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70187,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABD9

secondary

#DCB4A1

accent

#753FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABD9

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

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