#48AEDB#48AEDB

#48AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEDB
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -15.53, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 35.00, 243.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0725 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.114 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5896, 36.7610, 72.4875)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEDB #DB7548

analogous

#48DBBE #48AEDB #4865DB

triadic

#48AEDB #DB48AE #AEDB48

tetradic

#48AEDB #BE48DB #DB7548 #65DB48

square

#48AEDB #BE48DB #DB7548 #65DB48

split-complementary

#48AEDB #DB4865 #DBBE48

monochromatic

#1C6A8D #2691C0 #48AEDB #7BC5E5 #AEDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#48AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEDB

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEDB	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e6',
    500: '#48aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aedb;
$custom-light: #8bc6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70973,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEDB

secondary

#DDB4A2

accent

#733EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEDB

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

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