#48AEDF#48AEDF

#48AEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.117 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEDF
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 22%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -14.24, -33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 36.23, 246.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0711 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.117 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1226, 36.9741, 75.2942)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEDF #DF7948

analogous

#48DFC4 #48AEDF #4862DF

triadic

#48AEDF #DF48AE #AEDF48

tetradic

#48AEDF #C448DF #DF7948 #62DF48

square

#48AEDF #C448DF #DF7948 #62DF48

split-complementary

#48AEDF #DF4862 #DFC448

monochromatic

#1A6C93 #2392C7 #48AEDF #7CC5E8 #B0DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48AEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#48AEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEDF

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEDF	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.117 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e9',
    500: '#48aedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aedf;
$custom-light: #8bc6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.47,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71154,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEDF

secondary

#E0B7A3

accent

#753BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEDF

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

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