#48AACC#48AACC

#48AACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.103 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AACC
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -18.16, -25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 31.54, 234.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0739 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.103 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9419, 34.4838, 62.2985)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AACC #CC6A48

analogous

#48CCAC #48AACC #4868CC

triadic

#48AACC #CC48AA #AACC48

tetradic

#48AACC #AC48CC #CC6A48 #68CC48

square

#48AACC #AC48CC #CC6A48 #68CC48

split-complementary

#48AACC #CC4868 #CCAC48

monochromatic

#216278 #2F89A8 #48AACC #78C0D9 #A8D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48AACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#48AACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AACC

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AACC	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.103 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3db',
    500: '#48aacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aacc;
$custom-light: #89c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.455,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69382,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AACC

secondary

#D4AA9C

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AACC

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

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