#48A8BE#48A8BE

#48A8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.095 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8BE
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -21.43, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 29.11, 222.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0772 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.095 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9656, 33.0980, 53.7254)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8BE #BE5E48

analogous

#48BE99 #48A8BE #486DBE

triadic

#48A8BE #BE48A8 #A8BE48

tetradic

#48A8BE #9948BE #BE5E48 #6DBE48

square

#48A8BE #9948BE #BE5E48 #6DBE48

split-complementary

#48A8BE #BE486D #BE9948

monochromatic

#255B67 #358294 #48A8BE #75BDCE #A2D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#48A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8BE

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8BE	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.095 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2d1',
    500: '#48a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8be;
$custom-light: #87c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.186,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68327,
    "c": 0.09461,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8BE

secondary

#CBA197

accent

#6A51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8BE

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

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