#48AFDD#48AFDD

#48AFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.115 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFDD
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -15.42, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 35.42, 244.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0728 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.115 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0484, 37.2547, 73.9472)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFDD #DD7648

analogous

#48DDC0 #48AFDD #4865DD

triadic

#48AFDD #DD48AF #AFDD48

tetradic

#48AFDD #C048DD #DD7648 #65DD48

square

#48AFDD #C048DD #DD7648 #65DD48

split-complementary

#48AFDD #DD4865 #DDC048

monochromatic

#1B6C90 #2492C3 #48AFDD #7CC6E7 #AFDCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48AFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#48AFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFDD

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFDD	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.115 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e7',
    500: '#48afdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afdd;
$custom-light: #8bc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.523,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71295,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFDD

secondary

#DEB5A2

accent

#723CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFDD

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

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