#48A4BB#48A4BB

#48A4BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.093 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4BB
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(192, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, -20.26, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 28.47, 224.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0741 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.093 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9140, 31.5139, 51.7739)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4BB #BB5F48

analogous

#48BB98 #48A4BB #486ABB

triadic

#48A4BB #BB48A4 #A4BB48

tetradic

#48A4BB #9848BB #BB5F48 #6ABB48

square

#48A4BB #9848BB #BB5F48 #6ABB48

split-complementary

#48A4BB #BB486A #BB9848

monochromatic

#255764 #367E90 #48A4BB #75BACC #A1D0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#48A4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#48A4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4BB

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4BB	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.093 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfcf',
    500: '#48a4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4bb;
$custom-light: #87bfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67248,
    "c": 0.09261,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4BB

secondary

#C9A096

accent

#6D52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4BB

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

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