#48ADDD#48ADDD

#48ADDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.116 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADDD
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -14.35, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 35.79, 246.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0708 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.116 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6620, 36.4820, 73.8184)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADDD #DD7848

analogous

#48DDC3 #48ADDD #4862DD

triadic

#48ADDD #DD48AD #ADDD48

tetradic

#48ADDD #C348DD #DD7848 #62DD48

square

#48ADDD #C348DD #DD7848 #62DD48

split-complementary

#48ADDD #DD4862 #DDC348

monochromatic

#1B6A90 #2490C3 #48ADDD #7CC4E7 #AFDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48ADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#48ADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADDD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADDD	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48addd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.116 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e7',
    500: '#48addd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48addd;
$custom-light: #8bc5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48addd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.329,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70832,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADDD

secondary

#DEB6A2

accent

#753CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADDD

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

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