#48ABDD#48ABDD

#48ABDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABDD
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -13.27, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 36.21, 248.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0688 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.117 234)
XYZ	xyz(30.2814, 35.7207, 73.6915)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABDD #DD7A48

analogous

#48DDC4 #48ABDD #4861DD

triadic

#48ABDD #DD48AB #ABDD48

tetradic

#48ABDD #C448DD #DD7A48 #61DD48

square

#48ABDD #C448DD #DD7A48 #61DD48

split-complementary

#48ABDD #DD4861 #DDC448

monochromatic

#1B6990 #248EC3 #48ABDD #7CC3E7 #AFDAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48ABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#48ABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABDD

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABDD	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 234.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.134,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70369,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.35724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABDD

secondary

#DEB7A2

accent

#773CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABDD

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

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