#48ACDA#48ACDA

#48ACDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.114 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACDA
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 21.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -14.78, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 35.05, 245.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0708 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.114 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0749, 35.9415, 71.6685)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACDA #DA7648

analogous

#48DABF #48ACDA #4863DA

triadic

#48ACDA #DA48AC #ACDA48

tetradic

#48ACDA #BF48DA #DA7648 #63DA48

square

#48ACDA #BF48DA #DA7648 #63DA48

split-complementary

#48ACDA #DA4863 #DABF48

monochromatic

#1C688B #268EBE #48ACDA #7BC3E4 #AEDAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48ACDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#48ACDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACDA

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACDA	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.114 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e5',
    500: '#48acda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acda;
$custom-light: #8bc4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70464,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACDA

secondary

#DDB4A1

accent

#743FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACDA

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

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