#48A0BC#48A0BC

#48A0BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.093 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0BC
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -17.85, -22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 28.59, 231.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0694 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.093 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3168, 30.1477, 52.1048)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0BC #BC6448

analogous

#48BC9E #48A0BC #4866BC

triadic

#48A0BC #BC48A0 #A0BC48

tetradic

#48A0BC #9E48BC #BC6448 #66BC48

square

#48A0BC #9E48BC #BC6448 #66BC48

split-complementary

#48A0BC #BC4866 #BC9E48

monochromatic

#255565 #357B92 #48A0BC #75B7CC #A2CFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#48A0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#48A0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0BC

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0BC	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.093 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcd0',
    500: '#48a0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0bc;
$custom-light: #86bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66333,
    "c": 0.09315,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0BC

secondary

#CAA396

accent

#7252D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0BC

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

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