#48AED8#48AED8

#48AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.111 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AED8
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -16.49, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 34.14, 241.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0735 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.111 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1983, 36.6044, 70.4263)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AED8 #D87248

analogous

#48D8BA #48AED8 #4866D8

triadic

#48AED8 #D848AE #AED848

tetradic

#48AED8 #BA48D8 #D87248 #66D848

square

#48AED8 #BA48D8 #D87248 #66D848

split-complementary

#48AED8 #D84866 #D8BA48

monochromatic

#1D6989 #2890BB #48AED8 #7AC4E3 #ADDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#48AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AED8

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AED8	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.111 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e4',
    500: '#48aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aed8;
$custom-light: #8bc6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7084,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AED8

secondary

#DBB2A0

accent

#7140E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AED8

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

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