#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
RGBrgb(72, 175, 221)
HSLhsl(199, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(199, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.47, -15.42, -31.89)
CIE-LCHlch(67.47, 35.42, 244.19°)
OKLaboklab(71.3% -0.0728 -0.0894)
OKLCHoklch(71.3% 0.115 230.8)
XYZxyz(31.0484, 37.2547, 73.9472)
Luminance0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##48AFDD1.002.488.458.45
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4521.001.001.00
##0000008.4521.001.001.00

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

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#48AFDD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva