#48AEDD#48AEDD

#48AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEDD
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -14.89, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 35.60, 245.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0718 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.116 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8545, 36.8669, 73.8825)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEDD #DD7748

analogous

#48DDC1 #48AEDD #4864DD

triadic

#48AEDD #DD48AE #AEDD48

tetradic

#48AEDD #C148DD #DD7748 #64DD48

square

#48AEDD #C148DD #DD7748 #64DD48

split-complementary

#48AEDD #DD4864 #DDC148

monochromatic

#1B6B90 #2491C3 #48AEDD #7CC5E7 #AFDCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#48AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEDD

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEDD	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 231.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.926,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71063,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEDD

secondary

#DEB5A2

accent

#743CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEDD

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

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