#48AACB#48AACB

#48AACB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.102 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AACB
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 203)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -18.47, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 31.32, 233.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0742 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.102 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8224, 34.4360, 61.6689)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AACB #CB6948

analogous

#48CBAB #48AACB #4869CB

triadic

#48AACB #CB48AA #AACB48

tetradic

#48AACB #AB48CB #CB6948 #69CB48

square

#48AACB #AB48CB #CB6948 #69CB48

split-complementary

#48AACB #CB4869 #CBAB48

monochromatic

#226177 #2F88A6 #48AACB #78C0D9 #A7D6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48AACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#48AACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AACB

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AACB	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aacb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.102 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3db',
    500: '#48aacb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aacb;
$custom-light: #89c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aacb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.115,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69339,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AACB

secondary

#D3AA9B

accent

#6F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AACB

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

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