#48AFCC#48AFCC

#48AFCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.103 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFCC
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -20.77, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 31.39, 228.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0791 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.103 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8971, 36.3942, 62.6169)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFCC #CC6548

analogous

#48CCA7 #48AFCC #486DCC

triadic

#48AFCC #CC48AF #AFCC48

tetradic

#48AFCC #A748CC #CC6548 #6DCC48

square

#48AFCC #A748CC #CC6548 #6DCC48

split-complementary

#48AFCC #CC486D #CCA748

monochromatic

#216578 #2F8DA8 #48AFCC #78C4D9 #A8D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#48AFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#48AFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFCC

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#9DAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.103 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7db',
    500: '#48afcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afcc;
$custom-light: #89c7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.182,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70563,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFCC

secondary

#D4A89C

accent

#6948E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFCC

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

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