#48A6BD#48A6BD

#48A6BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.094 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6BD
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -20.70, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 28.85, 224.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0754 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.094 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4903, 32.3217, 53.0296)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6BD #BD5F48

analogous

#48BD99 #48A6BD #486BBD

triadic

#48A6BD #BD48A6 #A6BD48

tetradic

#48A6BD #9948BD #BD5F48 #6BBD48

square

#48A6BD #9948BD #BD5F48 #6BBD48

split-complementary

#48A6BD #BD486B #BD9948

monochromatic

#255966 #358093 #48A6BD #75BCCD #A2D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#48A6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#48A6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6BD

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6BD	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.094 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0d1',
    500: '#48a6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6bd;
$custom-light: #87c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.795,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67808,
    "c": 0.09387,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6BD

secondary

#CAA197

accent

#6B51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6BD

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