#48A6BE#48A6BE

#48A6BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.094 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6BE
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -20.39, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 28.99, 225.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.075 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.094 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5992, 32.3652, 53.6032)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6BE #BE6048

analogous

#48BE9B #48A6BE #486BBE

triadic

#48A6BE #BE48A6 #A6BE48

tetradic

#48A6BE #9B48BE #BE6048 #6BBE48

square

#48A6BE #9B48BE #BE6048 #6BBE48

split-complementary

#48A6BE #BE486B #BE9B48

monochromatic

#255A67 #358194 #48A6BE #75BCCE #A2D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#48A6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#48A6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6BE

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6BE	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.094 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0d1',
    500: '#48a6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6be;
$custom-light: #87c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.203,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67849,
    "c": 0.09441,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6BE

secondary

#CBA197

accent

#6C51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6BE

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

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