#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
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 199)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -21.79, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 30.60, 224.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.08 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.1 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1131, 35.7704, 59.4445)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##48AEC7	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEC7

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

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