#48A7BD#48A7BD

#48A7BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.094 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7BD
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -21.22, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 28.92, 222.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0765 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.094 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6728, 32.6866, 53.0904)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7BD #BD5E48

analogous

#48BD98 #48A7BD #486CBD

triadic

#48A7BD #BD48A7 #A7BD48

tetradic

#48A7BD #9848BD #BD5E48 #6CBD48

square

#48A7BD #9848BD #BD5E48 #6CBD48

split-complementary

#48A7BD #BD486C #BD9848

monochromatic

#255A66 #358193 #48A7BD #75BDCD #A2D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#48A7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#48A7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7BD

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7BD	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.094 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c1d1',
    500: '#48a7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7bd;
$custom-light: #87c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.282,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68047,
    "c": 0.09399,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7BD

secondary

#CAA097

accent

#6A51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7BD

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