#48AEE6#48AEE6

#48AEE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.124 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEE6
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -11.97, -36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 38.60, 251.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0687 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.124 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0859, 37.3595, 80.3677)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEE6 #E68048

analogous

#48E6CF #48AEE6 #485FE6

triadic

#48AEE6 #E648AE #AEE648

tetradic

#48AEE6 #CF48E6 #E68048 #5FE648

square

#48AEE6 #CF48E6 #E68048 #5FE648

split-complementary

#48AEE6 #E6485F #E6CF48

monochromatic

#166E9E #1D93D4 #48AEE6 #7EC6ED #B4DEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48AEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#48AEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEE6

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEE6	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.124 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6ee',
    500: '#48aee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aee6;
$custom-light: #8cc6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.266,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71478,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEE6

secondary

#E4BCA6

accent

#7835F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEE6

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

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