#48AFD2#48AFD2

#48AFD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.107 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFD2
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -18.91, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 32.55, 234.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0768 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.107 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6306, 36.6876, 66.4801)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFD2 #D26B48

analogous

#48D2B0 #48AFD2 #486AD2

triadic

#48AFD2 #D248AF #AFD248

tetradic

#48AFD2 #B048D2 #D26B48 #6AD248

square

#48AFD2 #B048D2 #D26B48 #6AD248

split-complementary

#48AFD2 #D2486A #D2B048

monochromatic

#206880 #2C8FB1 #48AFD2 #79C4DE #AADAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48AFD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#48AFD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFD2

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFD2	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.107 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e0',
    500: '#48afd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afd2;
$custom-light: #8ac7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.217,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70814,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFD2

secondary

#D8AD9E

accent

#6D44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFD2

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

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