#48ACDC#48ACDC

#48ACDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.116 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACDC
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -14.14, -32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 35.67, 246.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0701 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.116 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3382, 36.0468, 73.0551)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACDC #DC7848

analogous

#48DCC2 #48ACDC #4862DC

triadic

#48ACDC #DC48AC #ACDC48

tetradic

#48ACDC #C248DC #DC7848 #62DC48

square

#48ACDC #C248DC #DC7848 #62DC48

split-complementary

#48ACDC #DC4862 #DCC248

monochromatic

#1B698E #258FC2 #48ACDC #7BC3E6 #AFDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48ACDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#48ACDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACDC

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACDC	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.116 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e7',
    500: '#48acdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acdc;
$custom-light: #8bc4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70555,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACDC

secondary

#DEB5A2

accent

#753DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACDC

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

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