#48AFD7#48AFD7

#48AFD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.110 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFD7
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 215)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -17.34, -28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 33.75, 239.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0749 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.11 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2633, 36.9407, 69.8121)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFD7 #D77048

analogous

#48D7B8 #48AFD7 #4868D7

triadic

#48AFD7 #D748AF #AFD748

tetradic

#48AFD7 #B848D7 #D77048 #68D748

square

#48AFD7 #B848D7 #D77048 #68D748

split-complementary

#48AFD7 #D74868 #D7B848

monochromatic

#1E6A87 #2991B9 #48AFD7 #7AC5E2 #ACDBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48AFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#48AFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFD7

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFD7	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.110 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e3',
    500: '#48afd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afd7;
$custom-light: #8ac7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.783,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71029,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFD7

secondary

#DBB0A0

accent

#6F41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFD7

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

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