#48ADDA#48ADDA

#48ADDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.113 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADDA
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 20.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -15.32, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 34.87, 243.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0718 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.113 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2659, 36.3235, 71.7321)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADDA #DA7548

analogous

#48DABE #48ADDA #4864DA

triadic

#48ADDA #DA48AD #ADDA48

tetradic

#48ADDA #BE48DA #DA7548 #64DA48

square

#48ADDA #BE48DA #DA7548 #64DA48

split-complementary

#48ADDA #DA4864 #DABE48

monochromatic

#1C698B #2690BE #48ADDA #7BC4E4 #AEDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#48ADDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#48ADDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADDA

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADDA	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ABDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48adda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.113 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e5',
    500: '#48adda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48adda;
$custom-light: #8bc5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48adda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.493,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70696,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADDA

secondary

#DDB3A1

accent

#733FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADDA

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

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