#48ABC2#48ABC2

#48ABC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.097 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABC2
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(191, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -21.77, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 29.79, 223.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0788 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.097 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9690, 34.3958, 56.2462)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABC2 #C25F48

analogous

#48C29C #48ABC2 #486EC2

triadic

#48ABC2 #C248AB #ABC248

tetradic

#48ABC2 #9C48C2 #C25F48 #6EC248

square

#48ABC2 #9C48C2 #C25F48 #6EC248

split-complementary

#48ABC2 #C2486E #C29C48

monochromatic

#245E6C #33869A #48ABC2 #76C0D1 #A4D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#48ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABC2

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABC2	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA6C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8999C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.097 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4d4',
    500: '#48abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abc2;
$custom-light: #88c4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.311,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69205,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABC2

secondary

#CEA298

accent

#694EDA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABC2

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

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