#48AFDB#48AFDB

#48AFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFDB
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -16.06, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 34.84, 242.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0735 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.114 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7836, 37.1488, 72.5522)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFDB #DB7448

analogous

#48DBBD #48AFDB #4866DB

triadic

#48AFDB #DB48AF #AFDB48

tetradic

#48AFDB #BD48DB #DB7448 #66DB48

square

#48AFDB #BD48DB #DB7448 #66DB48

split-complementary

#48AFDB #DB4866 #DBBD48

monochromatic

#1C6B8D #2692C0 #48AFDB #7BC5E5 #AEDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#48AFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#48AFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFDB

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFDB	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e6',
    500: '#48afdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afdb;
$custom-light: #8bc7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.959,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFDB

secondary

#DDB3A2

accent

#713EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFDB

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

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