#48A2BD#48A2BD

#48A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.094 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2BD
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -18.60, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 28.75, 229.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0711 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.094 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7744, 30.8900, 52.7910)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2BD #BD6348

analogous

#48BD9D #48A2BD #4867BD

triadic

#48A2BD #BD48A2 #A2BD48

tetradic

#48A2BD #9D48BD #BD6348 #67BD48

square

#48A2BD #9D48BD #BD6348 #67BD48

split-complementary

#48A2BD #BD4867 #BD9D48

monochromatic

#255766 #357D93 #48A2BD #75B9CD #A2D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#48A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#48A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2BD

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2BD	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.094 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bdd1',
    500: '#48a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2bd;
$custom-light: #87bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66852,
    "c": 0.09372,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2BD

secondary

#CAA297

accent

#7051D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2BD

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