#48ADD6#48ADD6

#48ADD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.110 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADD6
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -16.59, -29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 33.73, 240.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0733 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.11 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7488, 36.1167, 69.0087)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADD6 #D67148

analogous

#48D6B8 #48ADD6 #4866D6

triadic

#48ADD6 #D648AD #ADD648

tetradic

#48ADD6 #B848D6 #D67148 #66D648

square

#48ADD6 #B848D6 #D67148 #66D648

split-complementary

#48ADD6 #D64866 #D6B848

monochromatic

#1E6886 #298FB8 #48ADD6 #7AC3E1 #ACDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48ADD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#48ADD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADD6

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADD6	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48add6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.110 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e2',
    500: '#48add6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48add6;
$custom-light: #8ac5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48add6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.324,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70519,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADD6

secondary

#DAB1A0

accent

#7141E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADD6

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

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