#48ACC8#48ACC8

#48ACC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.100 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACC8
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 14%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -20.45, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 30.70, 228.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0775 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.1 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8461, 35.0500, 59.9302)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACC8 #C86448

analogous

#48C8A4 #48ACC8 #486CC8

triadic

#48ACC8 #C848AC #ACC848

tetradic

#48ACC8 #A448C8 #C86448 #6CC848

square

#48ACC8 #A448C8 #C86448 #6CC848

split-complementary

#48ACC8 #C8486C #C8A448

monochromatic

#236173 #3189A2 #48ACC8 #77C1D6 #A6D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48ACC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#48ACC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACC8

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACC8	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.100 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5d8',
    500: '#48acc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acc8;
$custom-light: #89c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69687,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACC8

secondary

#D1A69A

accent

#6B4BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACC8

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

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