#48ADDB#48ADDB

#48ADDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.114 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADDB
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 21%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -15.00, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 35.17, 244.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0715 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.114 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3972, 36.3760, 72.4234)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADDB #DB7648

analogous

#48DBC0 #48ADDB #4863DB

triadic

#48ADDB #DB48AD #ADDB48

tetradic

#48ADDB #C048DB #DB7648 #63DB48

square

#48ADDB #C048DB #DB7648 #63DB48

split-complementary

#48ADDB #DB4863 #DBC048

monochromatic

#1C698D #2690C0 #48ADDB #7BC4E5 #AEDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#48ADDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#48ADDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADDB

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADDB	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ABDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48addb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.114 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e6',
    500: '#48addb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48addb;
$custom-light: #8bc5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48addb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.776,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70741,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADDB

secondary

#DDB4A2

accent

#743EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADDB

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

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