#48ACD2#48ACD2

#48ACD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.107 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACD2
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -17.33, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 32.80, 238.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0737 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.107 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0532, 35.5328, 66.2876)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACD2 #D26E48

analogous

#48D2B3 #48ACD2 #4867D2

triadic

#48ACD2 #D248AC #ACD248

tetradic

#48ACD2 #B348D2 #D26E48 #67D248

square

#48ACD2 #B348D2 #D26E48 #67D248

split-complementary

#48ACD2 #D24867 #D2B348

monochromatic

#206580 #2C8CB1 #48ACD2 #79C2DE #AAD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#48ACD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#48ACD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACD2

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACD2	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.107 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e0',
    500: '#48acd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acd2;
$custom-light: #8ac4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7011,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACD2

secondary

#D8AE9E

accent

#7044E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACD2

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

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