#48ADC8#48ADC8

#48ADC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.100 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADC8
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -20.97, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 30.71, 226.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0785 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.1 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0371, 35.4320, 59.9939)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADC8 #C86348

analogous

#48C8A3 #48ADC8 #486DC8

triadic

#48ADC8 #C848AD #ADC848

tetradic

#48ADC8 #A348C8 #C86348 #6DC848

square

#48ADC8 #A348C8 #C86348 #6DC848

split-complementary

#48ADC8 #C8486D #C8A348

monochromatic

#236273 #318AA2 #48ADC8 #77C2D6 #A6D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#48ADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#48ADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADC8

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADC8	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48adc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.100 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5d8',
    500: '#48adc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48adc8;
$custom-light: #89c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48adc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.656,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69924,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADC8

secondary

#D1A69A

accent

#6A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADC8

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

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