#48ADE2#48ADE2

#48ADE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.121 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADE2
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -12.73, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 37.45, 250.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0691 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.121 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3381, 36.7524, 77.3791)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADE2 #E27D48

analogous

#48E2CA #48ADE2 #4860E2

triadic

#48ADE2 #E248AD #ADE248

tetradic

#48ADE2 #CA48E2 #E27D48 #60E248

square

#48ADE2 #CA48E2 #E27D48 #60E248

split-complementary

#48ADE2 #E24860 #E2CA48

monochromatic

#186C98 #2091CC #48ADE2 #7DC5EA #B2DCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#48ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADE2

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADE2	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.121 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5eb',
    500: '#48ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ade2;
$custom-light: #8cc5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.649,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71062,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADE2

secondary

#E1B9A4

accent

#7738EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADE2

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

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