#48AECE#48AECE

#48AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.104 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AECE
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -19.64, -24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 31.76, 231.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0772 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.104 222)
XYZ	xyz(28.9446, 36.1030, 63.8237)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AECE #CE6848

analogous

#48CEAB #48AECE #486BCE

triadic

#48AECE #CE48AE #AECE48

tetradic

#48AECE #AB48CE #CE6848 #6BCE48

square

#48AECE #AB48CE #CE6848 #6BCE48

split-complementary

#48AECE #CE486B #CEAB48

monochromatic

#21657B #2E8DAB #48AECE #78C3DB #A9D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#48AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AECE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AECE	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.104 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6dd',
    500: '#48aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aece;
$custom-light: #89c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.328,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7041,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.36106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AECE

secondary

#D5AA9D

accent

#6C47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AECE

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

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