#48AFD3#48AFD3

#48AFD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.107 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFD3
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -18.60, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 32.77, 235.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0764 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.107 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7556, 36.7376, 67.1383)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFD3 #D36C48

analogous

#48D3B2 #48AFD3 #4869D3

triadic

#48AFD3 #D348AF #AFD348

tetradic

#48AFD3 #B248D3 #D36C48 #69D348

square

#48AFD3 #B248D3 #D36C48 #69D348

split-complementary

#48AFD3 #D34869 #D3B248

monochromatic

#1F6881 #2B90B3 #48AFD3 #79C5DF #ABDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48AFD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#48AFD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFD3

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFD3	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.107 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e0',
    500: '#48afd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afd3;
$custom-light: #8ac7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70857,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFD3

secondary

#D8AD9E

accent

#6D43E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFD3

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

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