#48A7BE#48A7BE

#48A7BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.094 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7BE
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -20.91, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 29.04, 223.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0761 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.094 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7817, 32.7302, 53.6641)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7BE #BE5F48

analogous

#48BE9A #48A7BE #486CBE

triadic

#48A7BE #BE48A7 #A7BE48

tetradic

#48A7BE #9A48BE #BE5F48 #6CBE48

square

#48A7BE #9A48BE #BE5F48 #6CBE48

split-complementary

#48A7BE #BE486C #BE9A48

monochromatic

#255A67 #358294 #48A7BE #75BDCE #A2D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#48A7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#48A7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7BE

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7BE	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.094 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c1d1',
    500: '#48a7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7be;
$custom-light: #87c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.695,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68088,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7BE

secondary

#CBA197

accent

#6B51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7BE

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

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