#48ADC2#48ADC2

#48ADC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.097 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADC2
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 194)
HSL	hsl(190, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -22.79, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 29.96, 220.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0809 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.097 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3497, 35.1570, 56.3731)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADC2 #C25D48

analogous

#48C29A #48ADC2 #4870C2

triadic

#48ADC2 #C248AD #ADC248

tetradic

#48ADC2 #9A48C2 #C25D48 #70C248

square

#48ADC2 #9A48C2 #C25D48 #70C248

split-complementary

#48ADC2 #C24870 #C29A48

monochromatic

#245F6C #33889A #48ADC2 #76C2D1 #A4D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#48ADC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#48ADC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADC2

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADC2	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48adc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.097 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c5d4',
    500: '#48adc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48adc2;
$custom-light: #88c5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48adc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.328,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69683,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADC2

secondary

#CEA198

accent

#664EDA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADC2

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

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