#48AECB#48AECB

#48AECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.102 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AECB
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -20.56, -23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 31.21, 228.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0784 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.102 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5837, 35.9586, 61.9226)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AECB #CB6548

analogous

#48CBA7 #48AECB #486DCB

triadic

#48AECB #CB48AE #AECB48

tetradic

#48AECB #A748CB #CB6548 #6DCB48

square

#48AECB #A748CB #CB6548 #6DCB48

split-complementary

#48AECB #CB486D #CBA748

monochromatic

#226477 #2F8CA6 #48AECB #78C3D9 #A7D8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#48AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AECB

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AECB	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.102 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6db',
    500: '#48aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aecb;
$custom-light: #89c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.282,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70285,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AECB

secondary

#D3A89B

accent

#6A49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AECB

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

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