#48AFD8#48AFD8

#48AFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFD8
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -17.02, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 34.01, 239.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0746 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.111 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3922, 36.9922, 70.4909)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFD8 #D87148

analogous

#48D8B9 #48AFD8 #4867D8

triadic

#48AFD8 #D848AF #AFD848

tetradic

#48AFD8 #B948D8 #D87148 #67D848

square

#48AFD8 #B948D8 #D87148 #67D848

split-complementary

#48AFD8 #D84867 #D8B948

monochromatic

#1D6A89 #2891BB #48AFD8 #7AC5E3 #ADDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48AFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#48AFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFD8

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFD8	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e4',
    500: '#48afd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afd8;
$custom-light: #8bc7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.083,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71073,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFD8

secondary

#DBB1A0

accent

#7040E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFD8

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

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