#48AED1#48AED1

#48AED1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.106 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AED1
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 209)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -18.70, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 32.39, 234.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0761 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.106 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3125, 36.2501, 65.7614)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AED1 #D16B48

analogous

#48D1AF #48AED1 #486AD1

triadic

#48AED1 #D148AE #AED148

tetradic

#48AED1 #AF48D1 #D16B48 #6AD148

square

#48AED1 #AF48D1 #D16B48 #6AD148

split-complementary

#48AED1 #D1486A #D1AF48

monochromatic

#20677F #2C8EB0 #48AED1 #79C4DD #AAD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48AED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#48AED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AED1

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AED1	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.106 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6df',
    500: '#48aed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aed1;
$custom-light: #8ac6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.328,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70537,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AED1

secondary

#D7AC9E

accent

#6D45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AED1

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

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