#48A0BD#48A0BD

#48A0BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.094 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A0BD
RGBrgb(72, 160, 189)
HSLhsl(195, 47%, 51%)
HSVhsv(195, 62%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(61.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(61.82, -17.54, -22.83)
CIE-LCHlch(61.82, 28.79, 232.47°)
OKLaboklab(66.38% -0.069 -0.0636)
OKLCHoklch(66.38% 0.094 222.7)
XYZxyz(24.4249, 30.1910, 52.6745)
Luminance0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A0BD #BD6548
analogous
#48BD9F #48A0BD #4865BD
triadic
#48A0BD #BD48A0 #A0BD48
tetradic
#48A0BD #9F48BD #BD6548 #65BD48
square
#48A0BD #9F48BD #BD6548 #65BD48
split-complementary
#48A0BD #BD4865 #BD9F48
monochromatic
#255666 #357C93 #48A0BD #75B7CD #A2CFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98
#48A0BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04
#48A0BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0BD
7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A0BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A0BD1.002.987.047.04
#FFFFFF2.981.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0421.001.001.00
##0000007.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8F9CBF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E90BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A9A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.094 222.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcd1',
    500: '#48a0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a0bd;
$custom-light: #86bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.872,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66375,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A0BD
secondary
#CAA397
accent
#7251D7
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#F0F6F9
border
#CBD0D2
text
#0C1214
muted
#7D8182

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#48A0BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva