#48A2BB#48A2BB

#48A2BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.092 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2BB
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, -19.22, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 28.40, 227.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.0719 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.093 219)
XYZ	xyz(24.5589, 30.8037, 51.6555)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2BB #BB6148

analogous

#48BB9A #48A2BB #4868BB

triadic

#48A2BB #BB48A2 #A2BB48

tetradic

#48A2BB #9A48BB #BB6148 #68BB48

square

#48A2BB #9A48BB #BB6148 #68BB48

split-complementary

#48A2BB #BB4868 #BB9A48

monochromatic

#255664 #367D90 #48A2BB #75B9CC #A1CFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#48A2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#48A2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2BB

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2BB	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.092 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bdcf',
    500: '#48a2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2bb;
$custom-light: #86bdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66769,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.30806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2BB

secondary

#C9A196

accent

#6F52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2BB

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

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