#48AACE#48AACE

#48AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.105 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AACE
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -17.53, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 32.01, 236.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0731 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.105 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1833, 34.5804, 63.5699)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AACE #CE6C48

analogous

#48CEAF #48AACE #4867CE

triadic

#48AACE #CE48AA #AACE48

tetradic

#48AACE #AF48CE #CE6C48 #67CE48

square

#48AACE #AF48CE #CE6C48 #67CE48

split-complementary

#48AACE #CE4867 #CEAF48

monochromatic

#21637B #2E89AB #48AACE #78C0DB #A9D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#48AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AACE

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AACE	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.105 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3dd',
    500: '#48aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aace;
$custom-light: #89c3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69467,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AACE

secondary

#D5AC9D

accent

#7047E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AACE

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

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