#48A3BA#48A3BA

#48A3BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.092 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3BA
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 186)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -20.05, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 28.28, 224.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.0734 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.092 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6290, 31.1148, 51.1526)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3BA #BA5F48

analogous

#48BA98 #48A3BA #486ABA

triadic

#48A3BA #BA48A3 #A3BA48

tetradic

#48A3BA #9848BA #BA5F48 #6ABA48

square

#48A3BA #9848BA #BA5F48 #6ABA48

split-complementary

#48A3BA #BA486A #BA9848

monochromatic

#255662 #367D8F #48A3BA #74B9CB #A1D0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#48A3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#48A3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3BA

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3BA	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.092 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bece',
    500: '#48a3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3ba;
$custom-light: #86bece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.105,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66968,
    "c": 0.09199,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3BA

secondary

#C8A096

accent

#6D53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3BA

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

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