#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
RGBrgb(72, 173, 214)
HSLhsl(197, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(66.61, -16.59, -29.37)
CIE-LCHlch(66.61, 33.73, 240.53°)
OKLaboklab(70.52% -0.0733 -0.0822)
OKLCHoklch(70.52% 0.11 228.3)
XYZxyz(29.7488, 36.1167, 69.0087)
Luminance0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##48ADD61.002.558.228.22
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2221.001.001.00
##0000008.2221.001.001.00

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

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#48ADD6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva