#48ABC1#48ABC1

#48ABC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.096 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABC1
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 193)
HSL	hsl(191, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -22.07, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 29.68, 221.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0792 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.096 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8571, 34.3510, 55.6567)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABC1 #C15E48

analogous

#48C19B #48ABC1 #486FC1

triadic

#48ABC1 #C148AB #ABC148

tetradic

#48ABC1 #9B48C1 #C15E48 #6FC148

square

#48ABC1 #9B48C1 #C15E48 #6FC148

split-complementary

#48ABC1 #C1486F #C19B48

monochromatic

#245E6B #348698 #48ABC1 #76C0D0 #A3D5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48ABC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#48ABC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABC1

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABC1	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA6C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A99C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.096 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4d3',
    500: '#48abc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abc1;
$custom-light: #88c4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69165,
    "c": 0.09648,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABC1

secondary

#CDA298

accent

#684FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABC1

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

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