#48AED3#48AED3

#48AED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.108 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AED3
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -18.07, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 32.86, 236.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0754 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.108 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5617, 36.3498, 67.0736)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AED3 #D36D48

analogous

#48D3B2 #48AED3 #4869D3

triadic

#48AED3 #D348AE #AED348

tetradic

#48AED3 #B248D3 #D36D48 #69D348

square

#48AED3 #B248D3 #D36D48 #69D348

split-complementary

#48AED3 #D34869 #D3B248

monochromatic

#1F6781 #2B8FB3 #48AED3 #79C4DF #ABDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#48AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#48AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AED3

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AED3	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.108 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e0',
    500: '#48aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aed3;
$custom-light: #8ac6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.971,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70622,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AED3

secondary

#D8AE9E

accent

#6E43E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AED3

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

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