#48AFDF#48AFDF

#48AFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.117 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFDF
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -14.78, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 36.03, 245.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0721 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.117 232)
XYZ	xyz(31.3165, 37.3620, 75.3589)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFDF #DF7848

analogous

#48DFC4 #48AFDF #4863DF

triadic

#48AFDF #DF48AF #AFDF48

tetradic

#48AFDF #C448DF #DF7848 #63DF48

square

#48AFDF #C448DF #DF7848 #63DF48

split-complementary

#48AFDF #DF4863 #DFC448

monochromatic

#1A6C93 #2393C7 #48AFDF #7CC6E8 #B0DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48AFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#48AFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFDF

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFDF	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.117 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e9',
    500: '#48afdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afdf;
$custom-light: #8cc6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.073,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71385,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.37365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFDF

secondary

#E0B6A3

accent

#733BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFDF

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

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