#48A0B3#48A0B3

#48A0B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.088 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0B3
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 179)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -20.60, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 27.20, 220.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0729 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.088 214)
XYZ	xyz(23.3767, 29.7717, 47.1536)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0B3 #B35B48

analogous

#48B391 #48A0B3 #486BB3

triadic

#48A0B3 #B348A0 #A0B348

tetradic

#48A0B3 #9148B3 #B35B48 #6BB348

square

#48A0B3 #9148B3 #B35B48 #6BB348

split-complementary

#48A0B3 #B3486B #B39148

monochromatic

#25525C #367987 #48A0B3 #72B7C6 #9ECDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#48A0B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#48A0B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0B3

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0B3	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.088 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcc9',
    500: '#48a0b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0b3;
$custom-light: #85bcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.654,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65965,
    "c": 0.08804,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.29774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0B3

secondary

#C49B92

accent

#6C55D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0B3

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

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