#48ACE6#48ACE6

#48ACE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACE6
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -10.88, -37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 39.14, 253.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0668 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.125 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7024, 36.5925, 80.2398)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACE6 #E68248

analogous

#48E6D1 #48ACE6 #485DE6

triadic

#48ACE6 #E648AC #ACE648

tetradic

#48ACE6 #D148E6 #E68248 #5DE648

square

#48ACE6 #D148E6 #E68248 #5DE648

split-complementary

#48ACE6 #E6485D #E6D148

monochromatic

#166C9E #1D91D4 #48ACE6 #7EC4ED #B4DDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48ACE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#48ACE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACE6

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACE6	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ace6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4ee',
    500: '#48ace6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ace6;
$custom-light: #8cc4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ace6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.025,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71021,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACE6

secondary

#E4BDA6

accent

#7B35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACE6

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

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