#48AED5#48AED5

#48AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.109 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AED5
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -17.44, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 33.35, 238.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0746 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.109 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8140, 36.4507, 68.4023)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AED5 #D56F48

analogous

#48D5B6 #48AED5 #4867D5

triadic

#48AED5 #D548AE #AED548

tetradic

#48AED5 #B648D5 #D56F48 #67D548

square

#48AED5 #B648D5 #D56F48 #67D548

split-complementary

#48AED5 #D54867 #D5B648

monochromatic

#1E6884 #2A8FB6 #48AED5 #7AC4E0 #ACDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#48AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AED5

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AED5	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.109 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e2',
    500: '#48aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aed5;
$custom-light: #8ac6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70709,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AED5

secondary

#DAAF9F

accent

#6F42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AED5

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

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