#48ADC7#48ADC7

#48ADC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.100 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48ADC7
RGBrgb(72, 173, 199)
HSLhsl(192, 53%, 53%)
HSVhsv(192, 64%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(63.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(66.05, -21.28, -21.94)
CIE-LCHlch(66.05, 30.56, 225.88°)
OKLaboklab(69.88% -0.0789 -0.061)
OKLCHoklch(69.88% 0.1 217.7)
XYZxyz(27.9207, 35.3854, 59.3804)
Luminance0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48ADC7 #C76248
analogous
#48C7A1 #48ADC7 #486EC7
triadic
#48ADC7 #C748AD #ADC748
tetradic
#48ADC7 #A148C7 #C76248 #6EC748
square
#48ADC7 #A148C7 #C76248 #6EC748
split-complementary
#48ADC7 #C7486E #C7A148
monochromatic
#236272 #318AA1 #48ADC7 #77C2D5 #A6D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60
#48ADC7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08
#48ADC7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADC7
8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48ADC7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48ADC71.002.608.088.08
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0821.001.001.00
##0000008.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CA8C8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A9BC7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48adc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.100 217.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5d8',
    500: '#48adc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48adc7;
$custom-light: #89c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48adc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.283,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69884,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48ADC7
secondary
#D1A59A
accent
#694BDD
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0D1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#48ADC7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva