#48AABE#48AABE

#48AABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.095 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AABE
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -22.46, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 29.28, 219.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0793 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.095 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3377, 33.8421, 53.8494)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48AABE #BE5C48

analogous

#48BE97 #48AABE #486FBE

triadic

#48AABE #BE48AA #AABE48

tetradic

#48AABE #9748BE #BE5C48 #6FBE48

square

#48AABE #9748BE #BE5C48 #6FBE48

split-complementary

#48AABE #BE486F #BE9748

monochromatic

#255C67 #358494 #48AABE #75BFCE #A2D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#48AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AABE

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AABE	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.095 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3d1',
    500: '#48aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aabe;
$custom-light: #87c3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.169,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68806,
    "c": 0.09493,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AABE

secondary

#CBA097

accent

#6751D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AABE

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

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