#48ADD7#48ADD7

#48ADD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.111 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADD7
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 215)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -16.28, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 34.00, 241.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0729 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.111 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8769, 36.1679, 69.6833)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADD7 #D77248

analogous

#48D7BA #48ADD7 #4866D7

triadic

#48ADD7 #D748AD #ADD748

tetradic

#48ADD7 #BA48D7 #D77248 #66D748

square

#48ADD7 #BA48D7 #D77248 #66D748

split-complementary

#48ADD7 #D74866 #D7BA48

monochromatic

#1E6887 #298FB9 #48ADD7 #7AC4E2 #ACDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48ADD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#48ADD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADD7

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADD7	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48add7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.111 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e3',
    500: '#48add7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48add7;
$custom-light: #8ac5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48add7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.622,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70563,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADD7

secondary

#DBB1A0

accent

#7241E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADD7

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

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