#48AFCF#48AFCF

#48AFCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.105 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFCF
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 207)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -19.85, -25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 31.93, 231.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0779 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.105 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2604, 36.5395, 64.5301)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFCF #CF6848

analogous

#48CFAB #48AFCF #486CCF

triadic

#48AFCF #CF48AF #AFCF48

tetradic

#48AFCF #AB48CF #CF6848 #6CCF48

square

#48AFCF #AB48CF #CF6848 #6CCF48

split-complementary

#48AFCF #CF486C #CFAB48

monochromatic

#21667C #2D8EAD #48AFCF #78C4DC #A9D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48AFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#48AFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFCF

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFCF	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899DCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.105 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7dd',
    500: '#48afcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afcf;
$custom-light: #8ac7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.222,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70688,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFCF

secondary

#D6AA9D

accent

#6B46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFCF

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

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