#48ACD3#48ACD3

#48ACD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.108 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACD3
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 211)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -17.01, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 33.06, 239.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0733 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.108 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1782, 35.5828, 66.9458)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACD3 #D36F48

analogous

#48D3B5 #48ACD3 #4866D3

triadic

#48ACD3 #D348AC #ACD348

tetradic

#48ACD3 #B548D3 #D36F48 #66D348

square

#48ACD3 #B548D3 #D36F48 #66D348

split-complementary

#48ACD3 #D34866 #D3B548

monochromatic

#1F6681 #2B8DB3 #48ACD3 #79C2DF #ABD9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#48ACD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#48ACD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACD3

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACD3	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.108 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e0',
    500: '#48acd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acd3;
$custom-light: #8ac4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.835,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70153,
    "c": 0.10797,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACD3

secondary

#D8AF9E

accent

#7143E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACD3

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

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