#48ACD9#48ACD9

#48ACD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.113 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48ACD9
RGBrgb(72, 172, 217)
HSLhsl(199, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(199, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.44, -15.10, -31.29)
CIE-LCHlch(66.44, 34.74, 244.23°)
OKLaboklab(70.42% -0.0712 -0.0877)
OKLCHoklch(70.42% 0.113 230.9)
XYZxyz(29.9444, 35.8893, 70.9814)
Luminance0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48ACD9 #D97548
analogous
#48D9BE #48ACD9 #4864D9
triadic
#48ACD9 #D948AC #ACD948
tetradic
#48ACD9 #BE48D9 #D97548 #64D948
square
#48ACD9 #BE48D9 #D97548 #64D948
split-complementary
#48ACD9 #D94864 #D9BE48
monochromatic
#1D688A #278EBD #48ACD9 #7BC3E4 #ADDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57
#48ACD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18
#48ACD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACD9
8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48ACD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48ACD91.002.578.188.18
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1821.001.001.00
##0000008.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95AADB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#819BD8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48acd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.113 230.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e5',
    500: '#48acd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48acd9;
$custom-light: #8bc4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48acd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70419,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48ACD9
secondary
#DCB3A1
accent
#743FE9
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#48ACD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva