#48A2BC#48A2BC

#48A2BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.093 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2BC
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -18.91, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 28.57, 228.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0715 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.093 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6663, 30.8467, 52.2213)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2BC #BC6248

analogous

#48BC9C #48A2BC #4868BC

triadic

#48A2BC #BC48A2 #A2BC48

tetradic

#48A2BC #9C48BC #BC6248 #68BC48

square

#48A2BC #9C48BC #BC6248 #68BC48

split-complementary

#48A2BC #BC4868 #BC9C48

monochromatic

#255665 #357D92 #48A2BC #75B9CC #A2D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#48A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#48A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2BC

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2BC	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.093 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bdd0',
    500: '#48a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2bc;
$custom-light: #87bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.448,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6681,
    "c": 0.09309,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2BC

secondary

#CAA296

accent

#6F52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2BC

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

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