#48A7BC#48A7BC

#48A7BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.093 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7BC
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -21.52, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 28.80, 221.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0769 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.094 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5646, 32.6434, 52.5207)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7BC #BC5D48

analogous

#48BC97 #48A7BC #486DBC

triadic

#48A7BC #BC48A7 #A7BC48

tetradic

#48A7BC #9748BC #BC5D48 #6DBC48

square

#48A7BC #9748BC #BC5D48 #6DBC48

split-complementary

#48A7BC #BC486D #BC9748

monochromatic

#255965 #358192 #48A7BC #75BDCC #A2D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#48A7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#48A7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7BC

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7BC	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.093 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c1d0',
    500: '#48a7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7bc;
$custom-light: #87c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.862,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68007,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7BC

secondary

#CAA096

accent

#6A52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7BC

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

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