#48ABDB#48ABDB

#48ABDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.115 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABDB
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -13.92, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 35.55, 246.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0695 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.115 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0165, 35.6148, 72.2965)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABDB #DB7848

analogous

#48DBC2 #48ABDB #4862DB

triadic

#48ABDB #DB48AB #ABDB48

tetradic

#48ABDB #C248DB #DB7848 #62DB48

square

#48ABDB #C248DB #DB7848 #62DB48

split-complementary

#48ABDB #DB4862 #DBC248

monochromatic

#1C688D #268EC0 #48ABDB #7BC2E5 #AEDAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#48ABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#48ABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABDB

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABDB	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.115 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e6',
    500: '#48abdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abdb;
$custom-light: #8bc4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70278,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABDB

secondary

#DDB5A2

accent

#763EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABDB

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

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