#48ABDE#48ABDE

#48ABDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.118 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABDE
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 23%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -12.95, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 36.55, 249.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0684 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.118 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4150, 35.7742, 74.3953)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABDE #DE7B48

analogous

#48DEC6 #48ABDE #4860DE

triadic

#48ABDE #DE48AB #ABDE48

tetradic

#48ABDE #C648DE #DE7B48 #60DE48

square

#48ABDE #C648DE #DE7B48 #60DE48

split-complementary

#48ABDE #DE4860 #DEC648

monochromatic

#1A6991 #248EC5 #48ABDE #7CC3E7 #B0DBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#48ABDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#48ABDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABDE

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABDE	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.118 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e8',
    500: '#48abde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abde;
$custom-light: #8bc4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70416,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABDE

secondary

#DFB7A3

accent

#783CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABDE

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

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