#48AFDE#48AFDE

#48AFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.116 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFDE
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -15.10, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 35.72, 245.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0724 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.116 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1821, 37.3082, 74.6509)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFDE #DE7748

analogous

#48DEC2 #48AFDE #4864DE

triadic

#48AFDE #DE48AF #AFDE48

tetradic

#48AFDE #C248DE #DE7748 #64DE48

square

#48AFDE #C248DE #DE7748 #64DE48

split-complementary

#48AFDE #DE4864 #DEC248

monochromatic

#1A6C91 #2493C5 #48AFDE #7CC6E7 #B0DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#48AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFDE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFDE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.116 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e8',
    500: '#48afde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afde;
$custom-light: #8bc6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7134,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFDE

secondary

#DFB6A3

accent

#733CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFDE

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

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