#48A3BC#48A3BC

#48A3BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.093 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3BC
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -19.43, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 28.59, 227.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0726 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.093 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8431, 31.2004, 52.2802)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3BC #BC6148

analogous

#48BC9B #48A3BC #4869BC

triadic

#48A3BC #BC48A3 #A3BC48

tetradic

#48A3BC #9B48BC #BC6148 #69BC48

square

#48A3BC #9B48BC #BC6148 #69BC48

split-complementary

#48A3BC #BC4869 #BC9B48

monochromatic

#255765 #357E92 #48A3BC #75BACC #A2D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#48A3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#48A3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3BC

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3BC	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.093 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bed0',
    500: '#48a3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3bc;
$custom-light: #87bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.931,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67049,
    "c": 0.09311,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3BC

secondary

#CAA196

accent

#6E52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3BC

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

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