#48ABDA#48ABDA

#48ABDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.114 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABDA
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 21.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -14.24, -32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 35.23, 246.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0698 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.114 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8853, 35.5623, 71.6053)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABDA #DA7748

analogous

#48DAC0 #48ABDA #4862DA

triadic

#48ABDA #DA48AB #ABDA48

tetradic

#48ABDA #C048DA #DA7748 #62DA48

square

#48ABDA #C048DA #DA7748 #62DA48

split-complementary

#48ABDA #DA4862 #DAC048

monochromatic

#1C688B #268DBE #48ABDA #7BC2E4 #AEDAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#48ABDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#48ABDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABDA

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABDA	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.114 232.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.315,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70232,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABDA

secondary

#DDB4A1

accent

#753FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABDA

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

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