#48ADD5#48ADD5

#48ADD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.109 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADD5
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -16.91, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 33.46, 239.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0736 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.109 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6215, 36.0658, 68.3382)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADD5 #D57048

analogous

#48D5B6 #48ADD5 #4866D5

triadic

#48ADD5 #D548AD #ADD548

tetradic

#48ADD5 #B648D5 #D57048 #66D548

square

#48ADD5 #B648D5 #D57048 #66D548

split-complementary

#48ADD5 #D54866 #D5B648

monochromatic

#1E6784 #2A8EB6 #48ADD5 #7AC3E0 #ACDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48ADD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#48ADD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADD5

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADD5	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48add5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.109 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e2',
    500: '#48add5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48add5;
$custom-light: #8ac5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48add5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.021,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70475,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADD5

secondary

#DAB09F

accent

#7042E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADD5

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

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