#48AFD4#48AFD4

#48AFD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFD4
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -18.28, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 33.01, 236.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.076 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.108 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8814, 36.7879, 67.8006)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFD4 #D46D48

analogous

#48D4B3 #48AFD4 #4869D4

triadic

#48AFD4 #D448AF #AFD448

tetradic

#48AFD4 #B348D4 #D46D48 #69D448

square

#48AFD4 #B348D4 #D46D48 #69D448

split-complementary

#48AFD4 #D44869 #D4B348

monochromatic

#1F6883 #2A90B4 #48AFD4 #7AC5E0 #ABDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48AFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#48AFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFD4

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFD4	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e1',
    500: '#48afd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afd4;
$custom-light: #8ac7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.709,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFD4

secondary

#D9AE9F

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFD4

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

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