#48AEC7#48AEC7

#48AEC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.100 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48AEC7
RGBrgb(72, 174, 199)
HSLhsl(192, 53%, 53%)
HSVhsv(192, 64%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(63.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(66.34, -21.79, -21.49)
CIE-LCHlch(66.34, 30.60, 224.60°)
OKLaboklab(70.12% -0.08 -0.0598)
OKLCHoklch(70.12% 0.1 216.8)
XYZxyz(28.1131, 35.7704, 59.4445)
Luminance0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48AEC7 #C76148
analogous
#48C7A0 #48AEC7 #486EC7
triadic
#48AEC7 #C748AE #AEC748
tetradic
#48AEC7 #A048C7 #C76148 #6EC748
square
#48AEC7 #A048C7 #C76148 #6EC748
split-complementary
#48AEC7 #C7486E #C7A048
monochromatic
#236272 #318BA1 #48AEC7 #77C3D5 #A6D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58
#48AEC7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15
#48AEC7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEC7
8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48AEC7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48AEC71.002.588.158.15
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1521.001.001.00
##0000008.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DA9C8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8B9BC7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48aec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.100 216.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6d8',
    500: '#48aec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48aec7;
$custom-light: #89c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48aec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.811,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70121,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48AEC7
secondary
#D1A59A
accent
#684BDD
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0D1314
muted
#7E8283

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#48AEC7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva