#48AEDA#48AEDA

#48AEDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEDA
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 20.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -15.85, -30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 34.71, 242.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0728 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.113 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4584, 36.7085, 71.7963)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEDA #DA7448

analogous

#48DABD #48AEDA #4865DA

triadic

#48AEDA #DA48AE #AEDA48

tetradic

#48AEDA #BD48DA #DA7448 #65DA48

square

#48AEDA #BD48DA #DA7448 #65DA48

split-complementary

#48AEDA #DA4865 #DABD48

monochromatic

#1C6A8B #2691BE #48AEDA #7BC5E4 #AEDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48AEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#48AEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEDA

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEDA	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aeda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 229.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aeda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70929,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEDA

secondary

#DDB3A1

accent

#723FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEDA

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

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