#48AEDC#48AEDC

#48AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.115 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEDC
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -15.21, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 35.30, 244.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0721 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.115 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7217, 36.8138, 73.1829)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEDC #DC7648

analogous

#48DCC0 #48AEDC #4864DC

triadic

#48AEDC #DC48AE #AEDC48

tetradic

#48AEDC #C048DC #DC7648 #64DC48

square

#48AEDC #C048DC #DC7648 #64DC48

split-complementary

#48AEDC #DC4864 #DCC048

monochromatic

#1B6B8E #2591C2 #48AEDC #7BC5E6 #AFDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#48AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEDC

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEDC	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.115 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e7',
    500: '#48aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aedc;
$custom-light: #8bc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.649,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71018,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEDC

secondary

#DEB5A2

accent

#733DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEDC

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

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