#48A5BB#48A5BB

#48A5BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.093 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5BB
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -20.78, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 28.53, 223.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0752 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.093 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0936, 31.8733, 51.8338)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5BB #BB5E48

analogous

#48BB97 #48A5BB #486BBB

triadic

#48A5BB #BB48A5 #A5BB48

tetradic

#48A5BB #9748BB #BB5E48 #6BBB48

square

#48A5BB #9748BB #BB5E48 #6BBB48

split-complementary

#48A5BB #BB486B #BB9748

monochromatic

#255864 #367F90 #48A5BB #75BBCC #A1D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#48A5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#48A5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5BB

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5BB	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.093 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0cf',
    500: '#48a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5bb;
$custom-light: #87c0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.478,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67488,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5BB

secondary

#C9A096

accent

#6B52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5BB

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

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