#48AED2#48AED2

#48AED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.107 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AED2
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -18.39, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 32.62, 235.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0757 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.107 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4367, 36.2998, 66.4155)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AED2 #D26C48

analogous

#48D2B1 #48AED2 #4869D2

triadic

#48AED2 #D248AE #AED248

tetradic

#48AED2 #B148D2 #D26C48 #69D248

square

#48AED2 #B148D2 #D26C48 #69D248

split-complementary

#48AED2 #D24869 #D2B148

monochromatic

#206780 #2C8EB1 #48AED2 #79C4DE #AAD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#48AED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#48AED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AED2

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AED2	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.107 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e0',
    500: '#48aed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aed2;
$custom-light: #8ac6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70579,
    "c": 0.10678,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AED2

secondary

#D8AD9E

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AED2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →