#48AED7#48AED7

#48AED7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.111 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AED7
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 215)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -16.81, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 33.87, 240.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0739 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.111 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0694, 36.5529, 69.7475)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AED7 #D77148

analogous

#48D7B9 #48AED7 #4867D7

triadic

#48AED7 #D748AE #AED748

tetradic

#48AED7 #B948D7 #D77148 #67D748

square

#48AED7 #B948D7 #D77148 #67D748

split-complementary

#48AED7 #D74867 #D7B948

monochromatic

#1E6987 #2990B9 #48AED7 #7AC4E2 #ACDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48AED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#48AED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AED7

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AED7	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.111 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e3',
    500: '#48aed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aed7;
$custom-light: #8ac6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.203,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70796,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AED7

secondary

#DBB1A0

accent

#7041E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AED7

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

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