#48A4BE#48A4BE

#48A4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.094 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4BE
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -19.35, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 28.93, 228.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0729 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.094 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2385, 31.6438, 53.4830)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4BE #BE6248

analogous

#48BE9D #48A4BE #4869BE

triadic

#48A4BE #BE48A4 #A4BE48

tetradic

#48A4BE #9D48BE #BE6248 #69BE48

square

#48A4BE #9D48BE #BE6248 #69BE48

split-complementary

#48A4BE #BE4869 #BE9D48

monochromatic

#255867 #357F94 #48A4BE #75BACE #A2D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#48A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#48A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4BE

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4BE	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.094 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd1',
    500: '#48a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4be;
$custom-light: #87bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.22,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67371,
    "c": 0.09433,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4BE

secondary

#CBA297

accent

#6E51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4BE

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