#48ADD3#48ADD3

#48ADD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.108 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADD3
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -17.54, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 32.95, 237.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0744 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.108 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3692, 35.9649, 67.0095)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADD3 #D36E48

analogous

#48D3B3 #48ADD3 #4867D3

triadic

#48ADD3 #D348AD #ADD348

tetradic

#48ADD3 #B348D3 #D36E48 #67D348

square

#48ADD3 #B348D3 #D36E48 #67D348

split-complementary

#48ADD3 #D34867 #D3B348

monochromatic

#1F6781 #2B8EB3 #48ADD3 #79C3DF #ABD9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48ADD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#48ADD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADD3

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADD3	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48add3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.108 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e0',
    500: '#48add3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48add3;
$custom-light: #8ac5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48add3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70388,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADD3

secondary

#D8AE9E

accent

#6F43E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADD3

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

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