#48AFD6#48AFD6

#48AFD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.110 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48AFD6
RGBrgb(72, 175, 214)
HSLhsl(196, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(196, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(67.19, -17.65, -28.46)
CIE-LCHlch(67.19, 33.49, 238.20°)
OKLaboklab(70.99% -0.0753 -0.0796)
OKLCHoklch(70.99% 0.11 226.6)
XYZxyz(30.1352, 36.8894, 69.1375)
Luminance0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48AFD6 #D66F48
analogous
#48D6B6 #48AFD6 #4868D6
triadic
#48AFD6 #D648AF #AFD648
tetradic
#48AFD6 #B648D6 #D66F48 #68D648
square
#48AFD6 #B648D6 #D66F48 #68D648
split-complementary
#48AFD6 #D64868 #D6B648
monochromatic
#1E6986 #2991B8 #48AFD6 #7AC5E1 #ACDBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#48AFD6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38
#48AFD6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFD6
8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48AFD6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48AFD61.002.518.388.38
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3821.001.001.00
##0000008.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AACD8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#869DD6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BABC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48afd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.110 226.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e2',
    500: '#48afd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48afd6;
$custom-light: #8ac7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48afd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70986,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48AFD6
secondary
#DAB0A0
accent
#6F41E6
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#48AFD6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva