#48ACD8#48ACD8

#48ACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.112 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACD8
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -15.42, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 34.44, 243.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0715 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.112 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8148, 35.8374, 70.2985)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACD8 #D87448

analogous

#48D8BC #48ACD8 #4864D8

triadic

#48ACD8 #D848AC #ACD848

tetradic

#48ACD8 #BC48D8 #D87448 #64D848

square

#48ACD8 #BC48D8 #D87448 #64D848

split-complementary

#48ACD8 #D84864 #D8BC48

monochromatic

#1D6889 #288EBB #48ACD8 #7AC3E3 #ADDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#48ACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#48ACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACD8

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACD8	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.112 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e4',
    500: '#48acd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acd8;
$custom-light: #8ac4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70374,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACD8

secondary

#DBB2A0

accent

#7340E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACD8

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

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