#48A9BF#48A9BF

#48A9BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.095 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9BF
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -21.64, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 29.30, 222.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0779 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.095 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2606, 33.5125, 54.3647)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9BF #BF5E48

analogous

#48BF99 #48A9BF #486EBF

triadic

#48A9BF #BF48A9 #A9BF48

tetradic

#48A9BF #9948BF #BF5E48 #6EBF48

square

#48A9BF #9948BF #BF5E48 #6EBF48

split-complementary

#48A9BF #BF486E #BF9948

monochromatic

#245C68 #348496 #48A9BF #75BECF #A3D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48A9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#48A9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9BF

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9BF	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.095 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2d2',
    500: '#48a9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9bf;
$custom-light: #87c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68607,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9BF

secondary

#CCA197

accent

#6950D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9BF

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

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