#48A8BD#48A8BD

#48A8BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.094 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8BD
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -21.73, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 28.99, 221.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0776 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.094 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8567, 33.0544, 53.1517)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8BD #BD5D48

analogous

#48BD97 #48A8BD #486DBD

triadic

#48A8BD #BD48A8 #A8BD48

tetradic

#48A8BD #9748BD #BD5D48 #6DBD48

square

#48A8BD #9748BD #BD5D48 #6DBD48

split-complementary

#48A8BD #BD486D #BD9748

monochromatic

#255A66 #358293 #48A8BD #75BDCD #A2D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#48A8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8BD

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8BD	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.094 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2d1',
    500: '#48a8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8bd;
$custom-light: #87c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68287,
    "c": 0.09413,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8BD

secondary

#CAA097

accent

#6951D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8BD

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