#48AACF#48AACF

#48AACF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.105 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AACF
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -17.22, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 32.25, 237.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0727 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.105 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3052, 34.6292, 64.2118)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AACF #CF6D48

analogous

#48CFB0 #48AACF #4867CF

triadic

#48AACF #CF48AA #AACF48

tetradic

#48AACF #B048CF #CF6D48 #67CF48

square

#48AACF #B048CF #CF6D48 #67CF48

split-complementary

#48AACF #CF4867 #CFB048

monochromatic

#21637C #2D8AAD #48AACF #78C1DC #A9D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48AACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#48AACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AACF

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AACF	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aacf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.105 226.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aacf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.444,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69511,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AACF

secondary

#D6AD9D

accent

#7146E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AACF

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

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