#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
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 199)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -21.28, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 30.56, 225.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0789 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.1 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9207, 35.3854, 59.3804)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##48ADC7	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48ADC7

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

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