#48AFC8#48AFC8

#48AFC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.100 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFC8
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -22.00, -21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 30.79, 224.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0806 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.1 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4235, 36.2048, 60.1226)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFC8 #C86148

analogous

#48C8A1 #48AFC8 #486FC8

triadic

#48AFC8 #C848AF #AFC848

tetradic

#48AFC8 #A148C8 #C86148 #6FC848

square

#48AFC8 #A148C8 #C86148 #6FC848

split-complementary

#48AFC8 #C8486F #C8A148

monochromatic

#236373 #318CA2 #48AFC8 #77C4D6 #A6D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48AFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#48AFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFC8

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFC8	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)

#9EAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.100 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7d8',
    500: '#48afc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afc8;
$custom-light: #89c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.719,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.704,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFC8

secondary

#D1A59A

accent

#674BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFC8

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

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