#48ADD2#48ADD2

#48ADD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADD2
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -17.86, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 32.70, 236.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0747 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.107 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2443, 35.9149, 66.3513)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADD2 #D26D48

analogous

#48D2B2 #48ADD2 #4868D2

triadic

#48ADD2 #D248AD #ADD248

tetradic

#48ADD2 #B248D2 #D26D48 #68D248

square

#48ADD2 #B248D2 #D26D48 #68D248

split-complementary

#48ADD2 #D24868 #D2B248

monochromatic

#206680 #2C8DB1 #48ADD2 #79C3DE #AAD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#48ADD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#48ADD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADD2

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADD2	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48add2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e0',
    500: '#48add2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48add2;
$custom-light: #8ac5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48add2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70344,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADD2

secondary

#D8AE9E

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADD2

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

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