#48ADD1#48ADD1

#48ADD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.106 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADD1
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 209)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -18.17, -26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 32.47, 235.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0751 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.106 225)
XYZ	xyz(29.1201, 35.8652, 65.6972)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADD1 #D16C48

analogous

#48D1B0 #48ADD1 #4869D1

triadic

#48ADD1 #D148AD #ADD148

tetradic

#48ADD1 #B048D1 #D16C48 #69D148

square

#48ADD1 #B048D1 #D16C48 #69D148

split-complementary

#48ADD1 #D14869 #D1B048

monochromatic

#20667F #2C8DB0 #48ADD1 #79C3DD #AAD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#48ADD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#48ADD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADD1

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADD1	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48add1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.106 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5df',
    500: '#48add1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48add1;
$custom-light: #8ac5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48add1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.766,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70301,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.35868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADD1

secondary

#D7AD9E

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADD1

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

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