#48AECD#48AECD

#48AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.103 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AECD
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -19.95, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 31.57, 230.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0776 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.103 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8235, 36.0545, 63.1859)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AECD #CD6748

analogous

#48CDAA #48AECD #486CCD

triadic

#48AECD #CD48AE #AECD48

tetradic

#48AECD #AA48CD #CD6748 #6CCD48

square

#48AECD #AA48CD #CD6748 #6CCD48

split-complementary

#48AECD #CD486C #CDAA48

monochromatic

#216579 #2E8DA9 #48AECD #78C3DA #A8D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#48AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AECD

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AECD	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.103 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6dc',
    500: '#48aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aecd;
$custom-light: #89c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.985,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70368,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AECD

secondary

#D5A99C

accent

#6B47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AECD

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

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