Color

#48abe5

#48abe5
hex#48abe5
rgbrgb(72, 171, 229)
hslhsl(202, 75%, 59%)
oklchoklch(0.707 0.125 238)
Closest name: Cerulean (#55aaee)Relative luminance 0.3616

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#e58248

#48e5d0 · #485de5

#e548ab · #abe548

Split-complementary

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#e5485d · #e5d048

#d048e5 · #e58248 · #5de548

Contrast

#48abe5 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.55:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #1a7db7 as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #135c86 as the text (7.23:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7.03:1)
Aaon black
8.23:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #48abe5 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#48abe5 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #48abe5
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #48abe5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/48abe5-9cb1c4-df4e5f-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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