#48AED4#48AED4

#48AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AED4
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -17.76, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 33.10, 237.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.075 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.108 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6874, 36.4001, 67.7359)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AED4 #D46E48

analogous

#48D4B4 #48AED4 #4868D4

triadic

#48AED4 #D448AE #AED448

tetradic

#48AED4 #B448D4 #D46E48 #68D448

square

#48AED4 #B448D4 #D46E48 #68D448

split-complementary

#48AED4 #D44868 #D4B448

monochromatic

#1F6883 #2A8FB4 #48AED4 #7AC4E0 #ABDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#48AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#48AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AED4

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AED4	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e1',
    500: '#48aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aed4;
$custom-light: #8ac6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70665,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AED4

secondary

#D9AF9F

accent

#6F43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AED4

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

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