#48AFCE#48AFCE

#48AFCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFCE
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -20.16, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 31.74, 230.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0783 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.104 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1385, 36.4908, 63.8883)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFCE #CE6748

analogous

#48CEAA #48AFCE #486CCE

triadic

#48AFCE #CE48AF #AFCE48

tetradic

#48AFCE #AA48CE #CE6748 #6CCE48

square

#48AFCE #AA48CE #CE6748 #6CCE48

split-complementary

#48AFCE #CE486C #CEAA48

monochromatic

#21667B #2E8EAB #48AFCE #78C4DB #A9D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48AFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#48AFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFCE

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFCE	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7dd',
    500: '#48afce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afce;
$custom-light: #89c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.881,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70646,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFCE

secondary

#D5AA9D

accent

#6A47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFCE

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

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