#48AFD5#48AFD5

#48AFD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.109 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFD5
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 17.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -17.97, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 33.25, 237.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0757 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.109 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0079, 36.8385, 68.4670)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFD5 #D56E48

analogous

#48D5B4 #48AFD5 #4868D5

triadic

#48AFD5 #D548AF #AFD548

tetradic

#48AFD5 #B448D5 #D56E48 #68D548

square

#48AFD5 #B448D5 #D56E48 #68D548

split-complementary

#48AFD5 #D54868 #D5B448

monochromatic

#1E6984 #2A90B6 #48AFD5 #7AC5E0 #ACDBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48AFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#48AFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFD5

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFD5	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.109 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e2',
    500: '#48afd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afd5;
$custom-light: #8ac7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.17,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70943,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFD5

secondary

#DAAF9F

accent

#6E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFD5

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

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