#48A2BF#48A2BF

#48A2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.095 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2BF
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -17.98, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 29.14, 231.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% -0.0704 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.095 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9930, 30.9774, 53.9422)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2BF #BF6548

analogous

#48BFA1 #48A2BF #4867BF

triadic

#48A2BF #BF48A2 #A2BF48

tetradic

#48A2BF #A148BF #BF6548 #67BF48

square

#48A2BF #A148BF #BF6548 #67BF48

split-complementary

#48A2BF #BF4867 #BFA148

monochromatic

#245868 #347E96 #48A2BF #75B9CF #A3D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#48A2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#48A2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2BF

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2BF	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8092BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.095 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bdd2',
    500: '#48a2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2bf;
$custom-light: #87bdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.622,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66935,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2BF

secondary

#CCA497

accent

#7150D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2BF

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

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