#48A0BA#48A0BA

#48A0BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.092 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0BA
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 186)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, -18.47, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 28.21, 229.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.0702 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.092 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1027, 30.0621, 50.9772)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0BA #BA6248

analogous

#48BA9B #48A0BA #4867BA

triadic

#48A0BA #BA48A0 #A0BA48

tetradic

#48A0BA #9B48BA #BA6248 #67BA48

square

#48A0BA #9B48BA #BA6248 #67BA48

split-complementary

#48A0BA #BA4867 #BA9B48

monochromatic

#255462 #367B8F #48A0BA #74B7CB #A1CEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#48A0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#48A0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0BA

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0BA	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8090BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.092 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcce',
    500: '#48a0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0ba;
$custom-light: #86bcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.684,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66249,
    "c": 0.09186,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0BA

secondary

#C8A196

accent

#7153D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0BA

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

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