#48AEEF#48AEEF

#48AEEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.133 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEEF
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -9.00, -41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 41.99, 257.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0658 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.133 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3825, 37.8781, 87.1965)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEEF #EF8948

analogous

#48EFDC #48AEEF #485AEF

triadic

#48AEEF #EF48AE #AEEF48

tetradic

#48AEEF #DC48EF #EF8948 #5AEF48

square

#48AEEF #DC48EF #EF8948 #5AEF48

split-complementary

#48AEEF #EF485A #EFDC48

monochromatic

#0F70AD #1494E6 #48AEEF #80C7F4 #B9E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#48AEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#48AEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEEF

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEEF	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799EEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.133 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6f4',
    500: '#48aeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aeef;
$custom-light: #8ec6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.353,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71911,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEEF

secondary

#E9C2AA

accent

#5A05E0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEEF

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

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