#48A3BE#48A3BE

#48A3BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.094 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3BE
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -18.82, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 28.93, 229.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0718 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.094 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0602, 31.2872, 53.4236)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3BE #BE6348

analogous

#48BE9E #48A3BE #4868BE

triadic

#48A3BE #BE48A3 #A3BE48

tetradic

#48A3BE #9E48BE #BE6348 #68BE48

square

#48A3BE #9E48BE #BE6348 #68BE48

split-complementary

#48A3BE #BE4868 #BE9E48

monochromatic

#255867 #357E94 #48A3BE #75BACE #A2D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#48A3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3BE

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3BE	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.094 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bed1',
    500: '#48a3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3be;
$custom-light: #87bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.729,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67132,
    "c": 0.09433,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3BE

secondary

#CBA397

accent

#6F51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3BE

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

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