#48AEC6#48AEC6

#48AEC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.099 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEC6
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -22.10, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 30.48, 223.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0804 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.099 216)
XYZ	xyz(27.9974, 35.7241, 58.8351)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEC6 #C66048

analogous

#48C69F #48AEC6 #486FC6

triadic

#48AEC6 #C648AE #AEC648

tetradic

#48AEC6 #9F48C6 #C66048 #6FC648

square

#48AEC6 #9F48C6 #C66048 #6FC648

split-complementary

#48AEC6 #C6486F #C69F48

monochromatic

#236271 #328A9F #48AEC6 #77C3D5 #A5D7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48AEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#48AEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEC6

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEC6	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.099 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d7',
    500: '#48aec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aec6;
$custom-light: #88c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70081,
    "c": 0.09931,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.35727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEC6

secondary

#D0A49A

accent

#674CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEC6

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

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