#48A5BF#48A5BF

#48A5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.095 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5BF
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -19.56, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 29.12, 227.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0736 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.095 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5278, 32.0469, 54.1205)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5BF #BF6248

analogous

#48BF9E #48A5BF #486ABF

triadic

#48A5BF #BF48A5 #A5BF48

tetradic

#48A5BF #9E48BF #BF6248 #6ABF48

square

#48A5BF #9E48BF #BF6248 #6ABF48

split-complementary

#48A5BF #BF486A #BF9E48

monochromatic

#245968 #348096 #48A5BF #75BBCF #A3D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#48A5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#48A5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5BF

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5BF	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.095 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd2',
    500: '#48a5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5bf;
$custom-light: #87bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.109,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67651,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5BF

secondary

#CCA397

accent

#6E50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5BF

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