#48AED6#48AED6

#48AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AED6
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -17.12, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 33.60, 239.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0743 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.11 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9413, 36.5016, 69.0729)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AED6 #D67048

analogous

#48D6B7 #48AED6 #4867D6

triadic

#48AED6 #D648AE #AED648

tetradic

#48AED6 #B748D6 #D67048 #67D648

square

#48AED6 #B748D6 #D67048 #67D648

split-complementary

#48AED6 #D64867 #D6B748

monochromatic

#1E6886 #2990B8 #48AED6 #7AC4E1 #ACDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#48AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AED6

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AED6	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e2',
    500: '#48aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aed6;
$custom-light: #8ac6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70752,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AED6

secondary

#DAB0A0

accent

#7041E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AED6

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

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