#48ACE2#48ACE2

#48ACE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACE2
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 23.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -12.19, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 37.69, 251.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0681 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.121 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1471, 36.3704, 77.3154)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACE2 #E27E48

analogous

#48E2CB #48ACE2 #485FE2

triadic

#48ACE2 #E248AC #ACE248

tetradic

#48ACE2 #CB48E2 #E27E48 #5FE248

square

#48ACE2 #CB48E2 #E27E48 #5FE248

split-complementary

#48ACE2 #E2485F #E2CB48

monochromatic

#186B98 #2090CC #48ACE2 #7DC4EA #B2DCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#48ACE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#48ACE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACE2

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACE2	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ace2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4eb',
    500: '#48ace2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ace2;
$custom-light: #8cc4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ace2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.039,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70832,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACE2

secondary

#E1BAA4

accent

#7938EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACE2

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

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