#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
RGBrgb(72, 163, 189)
HSLhsl(193, 47%, 51%)
HSVhsv(193, 62%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(61.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(62.71, -19.13, -21.47)
CIE-LCHlch(62.71, 28.75, 228.30°)
OKLaboklab(67.09% -0.0722 -0.0597)
OKLCHoklch(67.09% 0.094 219.6)
XYZxyz(24.9513, 31.2437, 52.8499)
Luminance0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##48A3BD1.002.907.257.25
#FFFFFF2.901.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2521.001.001.00
##0000007.2521.001.001.00

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

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#48A3BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva