#48ABC3#48ABC3

#48ABC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.097 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABC3
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(192, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -21.46, -20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 29.92, 224.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0784 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.097 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0817, 34.4408, 56.8397)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABC3 #C36048

analogous

#48C39D #48ABC3 #486EC3

triadic

#48ABC3 #C348AB #ABC348

tetradic

#48ABC3 #9D48C3 #C36048 #6EC348

square

#48ABC3 #9D48C3 #C36048 #6EC348

split-complementary

#48ABC3 #C3486E #C39D48

monochromatic

#245F6D #33879B #48ABC3 #76C0D2 #A4D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48ABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#48ABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABC3

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABC3	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)

#9BA6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8999C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.097 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4d5',
    500: '#48abc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abc3;
$custom-light: #88c4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.707,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69245,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABC3

secondary

#CEA399

accent

#694EDA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABC3

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

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