#48AED0#48AED0

#48AED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AED0
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -19.01, -25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 32.18, 233.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0765 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.105 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1891, 36.2008, 65.1114)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AED0 #D06A48

analogous

#48D0AE #48AED0 #486AD0

triadic

#48AED0 #D048AE #AED048

tetradic

#48AED0 #AE48D0 #D06A48 #6AD048

square

#48AED0 #AE48D0 #D06A48 #6AD048

split-complementary

#48AED0 #D0486A #D0AE48

monochromatic

#20667D #2D8EAE #48AED0 #79C4DD #A9D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#48AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AED0

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AED0	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6de',
    500: '#48aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aed0;
$custom-light: #8ac6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70494,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AED0

secondary

#D7AC9D

accent

#6D45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AED0

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

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