#48ADCE#48ADCE

#48ADCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADCE
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 16%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -19.11, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 31.80, 233.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0762 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.104 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7521, 35.7180, 63.7595)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADCE #CE6948

analogous

#48CEAC #48ADCE #486ACE

triadic

#48ADCE #CE48AD #ADCE48

tetradic

#48ADCE #AC48CE #CE6948 #6ACE48

square

#48ADCE #AC48CE #CE6948 #6ACE48

split-complementary

#48ADCE #CE486A #CEAC48

monochromatic

#21657B #2E8CAB #48ADCE #78C3DB #A9D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48ADCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#48ADCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADCE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADCE	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48adce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5dd',
    500: '#48adce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48adce;
$custom-light: #89c5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48adce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.776,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70174,
    "c": 0.1041,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADCE

secondary

#D5AB9D

accent

#6D47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADCE

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

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