#48A8BF#48A8BF

#48A8BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.095 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8BF
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -21.13, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 29.23, 223.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0768 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.095 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0753, 33.1419, 54.3029)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8BF #BF5F48

analogous

#48BF9B #48A8BF #486DBF

triadic

#48A8BF #BF48A8 #A8BF48

tetradic

#48A8BF #9B48BF #BF5F48 #6DBF48

square

#48A8BF #9B48BF #BF5F48 #6DBF48

split-complementary

#48A8BF #BF486D #BF9B48

monochromatic

#245B68 #348396 #48A8BF #75BECF #A3D3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#48A8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#48A8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8BF

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8BF	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.095 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2d2',
    500: '#48a8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8bf;
$custom-light: #87c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.597,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68367,
    "c": 0.09512,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8BF

secondary

#CCA197

accent

#6A50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8BF

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

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