#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
RGBrgb(72, 167, 190)
HSLhsl(192, 48%, 51%)
HSVhsv(192, 62%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(62.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(63.94, -20.91, -20.15)
CIE-LCHlch(63.94, 29.04, 223.94°)
OKLaboklab(68.09% -0.0761 -0.056)
OKLCHoklch(68.09% 0.094 216.3)
XYZxyz(25.7817, 32.7302, 53.6641)
Luminance0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##48A7BE1.002.787.557.55
#FFFFFF2.781.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5521.001.001.00
##0000007.5521.001.001.00

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

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#48A7BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva