#48A1BF#48A1BF

#48A1BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.095 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1BF
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -17.45, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 29.18, 233.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.0693 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.095 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8176, 30.6265, 53.8837)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1BF #BF6648

analogous

#48BFA2 #48A1BF #4866BF

triadic

#48A1BF #BF48A1 #A1BF48

tetradic

#48A1BF #A248BF #BF6648 #66BF48

square

#48A1BF #A248BF #BF6648 #66BF48

split-complementary

#48A1BF #BF4866 #BFA248

monochromatic

#245768 #347D96 #48A1BF #75B8CF #A3D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#48A1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#48A1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1BF

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1BF	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F91BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.095 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bdd2',
    500: '#48a1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1bf;
$custom-light: #87bdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.126,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66697,
    "c": 0.09512,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1BF

secondary

#CCA497

accent

#7250D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1BF

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

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