#48A1BC#48A1BC

#48A1BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.093 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1BC
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, -18.38, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 28.57, 229.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0705 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.093 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4908, 30.4958, 52.1628)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1BC #BC6348

analogous

#48BC9D #48A1BC #4867BC

triadic

#48A1BC #BC48A1 #A1BC48

tetradic

#48A1BC #9D48BC #BC6348 #67BC48

square

#48A1BC #9D48BC #BC6348 #67BC48

split-complementary

#48A1BC #BC4867 #BC9D48

monochromatic

#255665 #357C92 #48A1BC #75B8CC #A2CFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#48A1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#48A1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1BC

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1BC	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.093 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bdd0',
    500: '#48a1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1bc;
$custom-light: #86bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.966,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66571,
    "c": 0.09311,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1BC

secondary

#CAA296

accent

#7152D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1BC

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

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