#48AECF#48AECF

#48AECF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AECF
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 207)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -19.32, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 31.97, 232.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0769 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.105 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0665, 36.1517, 64.4655)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AECF #CF6948

analogous

#48CFAD #48AECF #486ACF

triadic

#48AECF #CF48AE #AECF48

tetradic

#48AECF #AD48CF #CF6948 #6ACF48

square

#48AECF #AD48CF #CF6948 #6ACF48

split-complementary

#48AECF #CF486A #CFAD48

monochromatic

#21667C #2D8DAD #48AECF #78C3DC #A9D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48AECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#48AECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AECF

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AECF	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 222.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70452,
    "c": 0.10467,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AECF

secondary

#D6AB9D

accent

#6C46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AECF

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

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