#48ACCF#48ACCF

#48ACCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.105 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACCF
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -18.28, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 32.08, 235.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0748 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.105 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6830, 35.3847, 64.3377)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACCF #CF6B48

analogous

#48CFAF #48ACCF #4868CF

triadic

#48ACCF #CF48AC #ACCF48

tetradic

#48ACCF #AF48CF #CF6B48 #68CF48

square

#48ACCF #AF48CF #CF6B48 #68CF48

split-complementary

#48ACCF #CF4868 #CFAF48

monochromatic

#21647C #2D8CAD #48ACCF #78C2DC #A9D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#48ACCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#48ACCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACCF

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACCF	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48accf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.105 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4dd',
    500: '#48accf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48accf;
$custom-light: #89c4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48accf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69981,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACCF

secondary

#D6AC9D

accent

#6E46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACCF

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

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