#48AFDA#48AFDA

#48AFDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFDA
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 19.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -16.38, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 34.55, 241.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0738 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.113 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6523, 37.0963, 71.8609)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFDA #DA7348

analogous

#48DABC #48AFDA #4866DA

triadic

#48AFDA #DA48AF #AFDA48

tetradic

#48AFDA #BC48DA #DA7348 #66DA48

square

#48AFDA #BC48DA #DA7348 #66DA48

split-complementary

#48AFDA #DA4866 #DABC48

monochromatic

#1C6B8B #2692BE #48AFDA #7BC5E4 #AEDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#48AFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#48AFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFDA

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFDA	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 229.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.671,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71161,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFDA

secondary

#DDB3A1

accent

#713FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFDA

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

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