#48A3BD#48A3BD

#48A3BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.094 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3BD
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -19.13, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 28.75, 228.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0722 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.094 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9513, 31.2437, 52.8499)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3BD #BD6248

analogous

#48BD9C #48A3BD #4868BD

triadic

#48A3BD #BD48A3 #A3BD48

tetradic

#48A3BD #9C48BD #BD6248 #68BD48

square

#48A3BD #9C48BD #BD6248 #68BD48

split-complementary

#48A3BD #BD4868 #BD9C48

monochromatic

#255766 #357E93 #48A3BD #75BACD #A2D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#48A3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#48A3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3BD

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3BD	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.094 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bed1',
    500: '#48a3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3bd;
$custom-light: #87bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67091,
    "c": 0.09371,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3BD

secondary

#CAA297

accent

#6F51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3BD

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

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