#48A9BE#48A9BE

#48A9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.095 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9BE
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -21.95, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 29.19, 221.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0783 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.095 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1509, 33.4686, 53.7871)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9BE #BE5D48

analogous

#48BE98 #48A9BE #486EBE

triadic

#48A9BE #BE48A9 #A9BE48

tetradic

#48A9BE #9848BE #BE5D48 #6EBE48

square

#48A9BE #9848BE #BE5D48 #6EBE48

split-complementary

#48A9BE #BE486E #BE9848

monochromatic

#255B67 #358394 #48A9BE #75BECE #A2D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#48A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9BE

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9BE	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.095 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2d1',
    500: '#48a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9be;
$custom-light: #87c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.678,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68567,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9BE

secondary

#CBA097

accent

#6951D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9BE

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

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