#48A1CF#48A1CF

#48A1CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.108 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1CF
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 207)
HSL	hsl(200, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 22.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -12.37, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 33.70, 248.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0635 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.108 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6755, 31.3697, 63.6685)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1CF #CF7648

analogous

#48CFB9 #48A1CF #485ECF

triadic

#48A1CF #CF48A1 #A1CF48

tetradic

#48A1CF #B948CF #CF7648 #5ECF48

square

#48A1CF #B948CF #CF7648 #5ECF48

split-complementary

#48A1CF #CF485E #CFB948

monochromatic

#215D7C #2D81AD #48A1CF #78BADC #A9D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#48A1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1CF

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1CF	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7892CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.108 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcdd',
    500: '#48a1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1cf;
$custom-light: #89bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.444,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67405,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1CF

secondary

#D6B09D

accent

#7B46E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1CF

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

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