#48A2BE#48A2BE

#48A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.094 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2BE
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -18.29, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 28.94, 230.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0708 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.094 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8834, 30.9335, 53.3646)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2BE #BE6448

analogous

#48BE9F #48A2BE #4867BE

triadic

#48A2BE #BE48A2 #A2BE48

tetradic

#48A2BE #9F48BE #BE6448 #67BE48

square

#48A2BE #9F48BE #BE6448 #67BE48

split-complementary

#48A2BE #BE4867 #BE9F48

monochromatic

#255767 #357E94 #48A2BE #75B9CE #A2D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#48A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#48A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2BE

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2BE	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8092BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.094 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bdd1',
    500: '#48a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2be;
$custom-light: #87bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.237,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66893,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2BE

secondary

#CBA397

accent

#7151D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2BE

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

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