#48ABDC#48ABDC

#48ABDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.116 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABDC
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -13.60, -33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 35.88, 247.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0691 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.116 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1486, 35.6676, 72.9919)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABDC #DC7948

analogous

#48DCC3 #48ABDC #4861DC

triadic

#48ABDC #DC48AB #ABDC48

tetradic

#48ABDC #C348DC #DC7948 #61DC48

square

#48ABDC #C348DC #DC7948 #61DC48

split-complementary

#48ABDC #DC4861 #DCC348

monochromatic

#1B688E #258EC2 #48ABDC #7BC3E6 #AFDAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48ABDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#48ABDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABDC

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABDC	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.116 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e7',
    500: '#48abdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abdc;
$custom-light: #8bc4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.865,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70323,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABDC

secondary

#DEB6A2

accent

#773DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABDC

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

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