#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
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -17.54, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 28.79, 232.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.069 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.094 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4249, 30.1910, 52.6745)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##48A0BD	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0BD

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

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