#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
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 214)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -17.65, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 33.49, 238.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0753 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.11 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1352, 36.8894, 69.1375)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##48AFD6	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48AFD6

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

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