#48ADDF#48ADDF

#48ADDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADDF
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 223)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -13.70, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 36.44, 247.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0701 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.118 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9301, 36.5892, 75.2301)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADDF #DF7A48

analogous

#48DFC6 #48ADDF #4861DF

triadic

#48ADDF #DF48AD #ADDF48

tetradic

#48ADDF #C648DF #DF7A48 #61DF48

square

#48ADDF #C648DF #DF7A48 #61DF48

split-complementary

#48ADDF #DF4861 #DFC648

monochromatic

#1A6B93 #2391C7 #48ADDF #7CC4E8 #B0DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48ADDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#48ADDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADDF

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADDF	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48addf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e9',
    500: '#48addf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48addf;
$custom-light: #8bc5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48addf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.868,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70923,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADDF

secondary

#E0B7A3

accent

#763BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADDF

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

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