#48ADD4#48ADD4

#48ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.108 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADD4
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -17.23, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 33.20, 238.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.074 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.109 227)
XYZ	xyz(29.4950, 36.0152, 67.6718)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADD4 #D46F48

analogous

#48D4B5 #48ADD4 #4867D4

triadic

#48ADD4 #D448AD #ADD448

tetradic

#48ADD4 #B548D4 #D46F48 #67D448

square

#48ADD4 #B548D4 #D46F48 #67D448

split-complementary

#48ADD4 #D44867 #D4B548

monochromatic

#1F6783 #2A8EB4 #48ADD4 #7AC3E0 #ABD9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#48ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADD4

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADD4	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.108 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e1',
    500: '#48add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48add4;
$custom-light: #8ac5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70431,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.36018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADD4

secondary

#D9AF9F

accent

#7043E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADD4

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

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