#48AECC#48AECC

#48AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AECC
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -20.26, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 31.39, 229.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.078 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.103 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7032, 36.0064, 62.5523)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AECC #CC6648

analogous

#48CCA8 #48AECC #486CCC

triadic

#48AECC #CC48AE #AECC48

tetradic

#48AECC #A848CC #CC6648 #6CCC48

square

#48AECC #A848CC #CC6648 #6CCC48

split-complementary

#48AECC #CC486C #CCA848

monochromatic

#216478 #2F8CA8 #48AECC #78C3D9 #A8D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#48AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AECC

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AECC	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 220.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70326,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AECC

secondary

#D4A99C

accent

#6B48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AECC

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

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