#48AFCD#48AFCD

#48AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.103 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFCD
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -20.47, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 31.56, 229.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0787 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.103 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0174, 36.4423, 63.2506)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFCD #CD6648

analogous

#48CDA9 #48AFCD #486DCD

triadic

#48AFCD #CD48AF #AFCD48

tetradic

#48AFCD #A948CD #CD6648 #6DCD48

square

#48AFCD #A948CD #CD6648 #6DCD48

split-complementary

#48AFCD #CD486D #CDA948

monochromatic

#216679 #2E8EA9 #48AFCD #78C4DA #A8D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#48AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFCD

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFCD	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.103 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7dc',
    500: '#48afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afcd;
$custom-light: #89c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.534,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70604,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFCD

secondary

#D5A99C

accent

#6A47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFCD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →