#48A3BF#48A3BF

#48A3BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.095 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3BF
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -18.51, -22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 29.12, 230.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0714 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.095 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1699, 31.3311, 54.0012)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3BF #BF6448

analogous

#48BFA0 #48A3BF #4868BF

triadic

#48A3BF #BF48A3 #A3BF48

tetradic

#48A3BF #A048BF #BF6448 #68BF48

square

#48A3BF #A048BF #BF6448 #68BF48

split-complementary

#48A3BF #BF4868 #BFA048

monochromatic

#245868 #347F96 #48A3BF #75BACF #A3D1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#48A3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3BF

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3BF	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.095 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bed2',
    500: '#48a3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3bf;
$custom-light: #87bed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67174,
    "c": 0.09497,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3BF

secondary

#CCA497

accent

#7050D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3BF

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

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