#48AED9#48AED9

#48AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.112 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AED9
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -16.17, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 34.42, 241.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0732 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.112 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3279, 36.6563, 71.1092)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AED9 #D97348

analogous

#48D9BC #48AED9 #4866D9

triadic

#48AED9 #D948AE #AED948

tetradic

#48AED9 #BC48D9 #D97348 #66D948

square

#48AED9 #BC48D9 #D97348 #66D948

split-complementary

#48AED9 #D94866 #D9BC48

monochromatic

#1D6A8A #2790BD #48AED9 #7BC4E4 #ADDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#48AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AED9

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AED9	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.112 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e5',
    500: '#48aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aed9;
$custom-light: #8bc6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.793,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70884,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AED9

secondary

#DCB2A1

accent

#713FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AED9

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

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