#48ABC0#48ABC0

#48ABC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.096 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABC0
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 192)
HSL	hsl(191, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -22.37, -19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 29.57, 220.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0796 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.096 214)
XYZ	xyz(26.7459, 34.3065, 55.0712)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABC0 #C05D48

analogous

#48C099 #48ABC0 #486FC0

triadic

#48ABC0 #C048AB #ABC048

tetradic

#48ABC0 #9948C0 #C05D48 #6FC048

square

#48ABC0 #9948C0 #C05D48 #6FC048

split-complementary

#48ABC0 #C0486F #C09948

monochromatic

#245D69 #348697 #48ABC0 #76C0D0 #A3D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48ABC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#48ABC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABC0

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABC0	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A99C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.096 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4d3',
    500: '#48abc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abc0;
$custom-light: #88c4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69125,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.34309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABC0

secondary

#CCA198

accent

#674FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABC0

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

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