#48A4BF#48A4BF

#48A4BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.095 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4BF
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -19.04, -22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 29.11, 229.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0725 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.095 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3481, 31.6876, 54.0606)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4BF #BF6348

analogous

#48BF9E #48A4BF #4869BF

triadic

#48A4BF #BF48A4 #A4BF48

tetradic

#48A4BF #9E48BF #BF6348 #69BF48

square

#48A4BF #9E48BF #BF6348 #69BF48

split-complementary

#48A4BF #BF4869 #BF9E48

monochromatic

#245968 #347F96 #48A4BF #75BBCF #A3D1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#48A4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#48A4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4BF

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4BF	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.095 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd2',
    500: '#48a4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4bf;
$custom-light: #87bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.613,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67412,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4BF

secondary

#CCA397

accent

#6F50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4BF

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