#48A8BC#48A8BC

#48A8BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.094 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8BC
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -22.04, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 28.89, 220.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.078 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.094 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7485, 33.0112, 52.5820)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8BC #BC5C48

analogous

#48BC96 #48A8BC #486EBC

triadic

#48A8BC #BC48A8 #A8BC48

tetradic

#48A8BC #9648BC #BC5C48 #6EBC48

square

#48A8BC #9648BC #BC5C48 #6EBC48

split-complementary

#48A8BC #BC486E #BC9648

monochromatic

#255A65 #358292 #48A8BC #75BDCC #A2D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#48A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8BC

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8BC	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.094 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2d0',
    500: '#48a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8bc;
$custom-light: #87c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68247,
    "c": 0.09366,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8BC

secondary

#CA9F96

accent

#6952D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8BC

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

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