#48ACCD#48ACCD

#48ACCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.104 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACCD
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -18.90, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 31.64, 233.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0756 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.104 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4400, 35.2875, 63.0581)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACCD #CD6948

analogous

#48CDAC #48ACCD #486ACD

triadic

#48ACCD #CD48AC #ACCD48

tetradic

#48ACCD #AC48CD #CD6948 #6ACD48

square

#48ACCD #AC48CD #CD6948 #6ACD48

split-complementary

#48ACCD #CD486A #CDAC48

monochromatic

#216479 #2E8BA9 #48ACCD #78C2DA #A8D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#48ACCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#48ACCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACCD

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACCD	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48accd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.104 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4dc',
    500: '#48accd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48accd;
$custom-light: #89c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48accd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.887,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69896,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACCD

secondary

#D5AA9C

accent

#6D47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACCD

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

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