#48A6BB#48A6BB

#48A6BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.093 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6BB
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -21.30, -19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 28.61, 221.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0762 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.093 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2747, 32.2354, 51.8941)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6BB #BB5D48

analogous

#48BB97 #48A6BB #486CBB

triadic

#48A6BB #BB48A6 #A6BB48

tetradic

#48A6BB #9748BB #BB5D48 #6CBB48

square

#48A6BB #9748BB #BB5D48 #6CBB48

split-complementary

#48A6BB #BB486C #BB9748

monochromatic

#255864 #368090 #48A6BB #75BCCC #A1D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#48A6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#48A6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6BB

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6BB	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.093 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0cf',
    500: '#48a6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6bb;
$custom-light: #87c0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.957,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67728,
    "c": 0.09287,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6BB

secondary

#C99F96

accent

#6A52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6BB

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

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