#48AACA#48AACA

#48AACA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.102 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AACA
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -18.79, -24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 31.11, 232.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0746 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.102 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7036, 34.3885, 61.0433)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AACA #CA6848

analogous

#48CAA9 #48AACA #4869CA

triadic

#48AACA #CA48AA #AACA48

tetradic

#48AACA #A948CA #CA6848 #69CA48

square

#48AACA #A948CA #CA6848 #69CA48

split-complementary

#48AACA #CA4869 #CAA948

monochromatic

#226176 #3088A5 #48AACA #77C0D8 #A7D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48AACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#48AACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AACA

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AACA	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aaca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.102 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3da',
    500: '#48aaca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aaca;
$custom-light: #89c3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aaca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69297,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AACA

secondary

#D3A99B

accent

#6E49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AACA

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

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