#48A0BB#48A0BB

#48A0BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.092 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0BB
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -18.16, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 28.39, 230.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0698 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.093 221)
XYZ	xyz(24.2094, 30.1047, 51.5390)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0BB #BB6348

analogous

#48BB9C #48A0BB #4866BB

triadic

#48A0BB #BB48A0 #A0BB48

tetradic

#48A0BB #9C48BB #BB6348 #66BB48

square

#48A0BB #9C48BB #BB6348 #66BB48

split-complementary

#48A0BB #BB4866 #BB9C48

monochromatic

#255564 #367B90 #48A0BB #75B7CC #A1CEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#48A0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#48A0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0BB

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0BB	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.092 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bccf',
    500: '#48a0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0bb;
$custom-light: #86bccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.087,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66291,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.30107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0BB

secondary

#C9A296

accent

#7152D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0BB

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

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