#48A0CF#48A0CF

#48A0CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.109 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0CF
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 207)
HSL	hsl(201, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -11.83, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 33.93, 249.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0624 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.109 235)
XYZ	xyz(26.5014, 31.0216, 63.6105)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0CF #CF7748

analogous

#48CFBB #48A0CF #485CCF

triadic

#48A0CF #CF48A0 #A0CF48

tetradic

#48A0CF #BB48CF #CF7748 #5CCF48

square

#48A0CF #BB48CF #CF7748 #5CCF48

split-complementary

#48A0CF #CF485C #CFBB48

monochromatic

#215C7C #2D80AD #48A0CF #78B9DC #A9D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#48A0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#48A0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0CF

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0CF	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.109 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcde',
    500: '#48a0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0cf;
$custom-light: #89bcde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.889,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67173,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.31024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0CF

secondary

#D6B19D

accent

#7C46E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0CF

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

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