#48A4BC#48A4BC

#48A4BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.093 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4BC
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -19.96, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 28.62, 225.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0737 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.093 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0214, 31.5569, 52.3397)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4BC #BC6048

analogous

#48BC9A #48A4BC #486ABC

triadic

#48A4BC #BC48A4 #A4BC48

tetradic

#48A4BC #9A48BC #BC6048 #6ABC48

square

#48A4BC #9A48BC #BC6048 #6ABC48

split-complementary

#48A4BC #BC486A #BC9A48

monochromatic

#255865 #357E92 #48A4BC #75BACC #A2D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#48A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#48A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4BC

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4BC	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.093 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd0',
    500: '#48a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4bc;
$custom-light: #87bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67289,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4BC

secondary

#CAA196

accent

#6D52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4BC

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

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