#48A5BC#48A5BC

#48A5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.093 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5BC
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -20.48, -20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 28.66, 224.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0748 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.093 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2010, 31.9162, 52.3995)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5BC #BC5F48

analogous

#48BC99 #48A5BC #486BBC

triadic

#48A5BC #BC48A5 #A5BC48

tetradic

#48A5BC #9948BC #BC5F48 #6BBC48

square

#48A5BC #9948BC #BC5F48 #6BBC48

split-complementary

#48A5BC #BC486B #BC9948

monochromatic

#255865 #357F92 #48A5BC #75BBCC #A2D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#48A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5BC

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5BC	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#96A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.093 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0d0',
    500: '#48a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5bc;
$custom-light: #87c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.897,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67528,
    "c": 0.09324,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5BC

secondary

#CAA096

accent

#6C52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5BC

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

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