#48AFD9#48AFD9

#48AFD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.112 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFD9
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 19.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -16.70, -29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 34.28, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0742 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.112 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5218, 37.0441, 71.1739)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFD9 #D97248

analogous

#48D9BA #48AFD9 #4867D9

triadic

#48AFD9 #D948AF #AFD948

tetradic

#48AFD9 #BA48D9 #D97248 #67D948

square

#48AFD9 #BA48D9 #D97248 #67D948

split-complementary

#48AFD9 #D94867 #D9BA48

monochromatic

#1D6A8A #2791BD #48AFD9 #7BC5E4 #ADDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48AFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#48AFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFD9

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFD9	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.112 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e5',
    500: '#48afd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afd9;
$custom-light: #8bc7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.379,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71117,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFD9

secondary

#DCB2A1

accent

#703FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFD9

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

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