#48A5BE#48A5BE

#48A5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.094 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5BE
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -19.87, -21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 28.95, 226.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.074 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.094 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4181, 32.0031, 53.5429)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5BE #BE6148

analogous

#48BE9C #48A5BE #486ABE

triadic

#48A5BE #BE48A5 #A5BE48

tetradic

#48A5BE #9C48BE #BE6148 #6ABE48

square

#48A5BE #9C48BE #BE6148 #6ABE48

split-complementary

#48A5BE #BE486A #BE9C48

monochromatic

#255967 #358094 #48A5BE #75BBCE #A2D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#48A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5BE

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5BE	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.094 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd1',
    500: '#48a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5be;
$custom-light: #87bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.712,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67609,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5BE

secondary

#CBA297

accent

#6D51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5BE

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

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