#48ADD8#48ADD8

#48ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADD8
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -15.96, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 34.29, 242.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0725 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.112 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0058, 36.2195, 70.3621)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADD8 #D87348

analogous

#48D8BB #48ADD8 #4865D8

triadic

#48ADD8 #D848AD #ADD848

tetradic

#48ADD8 #BB48D8 #D87348 #65D848

square

#48ADD8 #BB48D8 #D87348 #65D848

split-complementary

#48ADD8 #D84865 #D8BB48

monochromatic

#1D6889 #288FBB #48ADD8 #7AC4E3 #ADDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#48ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADD8

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADD8	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e4',
    500: '#48add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48add8;
$custom-light: #8bc5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.917,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70607,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADD8

secondary

#DBB2A0

accent

#7240E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADD8

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

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