#48ACDB#48ACDB

#48ACDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.115 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACDB
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -14.46, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 35.36, 245.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0705 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.115 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2061, 35.9940, 72.3597)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACDB #DB7748

analogous

#48DBC1 #48ACDB #4863DB

triadic

#48ACDB #DB48AC #ACDB48

tetradic

#48ACDB #C148DB #DB7748 #63DB48

square

#48ACDB #C148DB #DB7748 #63DB48

split-complementary

#48ACDB #DB4863 #DBC148

monochromatic

#1C698D #268FC0 #48ACDB #7BC3E5 #AEDAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48ACDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#48ACDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACDB

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACDB	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.115 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e6',
    500: '#48acdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acdb;
$custom-light: #8bc4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.184,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70509,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACDB

secondary

#DDB5A2

accent

#753EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACDB

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

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