#48ABC4#48ABC4

#48ABC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.098 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABC4
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(192, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -21.16, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 30.06, 225.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.078 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.098 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1951, 34.4862, 57.4371)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABC4 #C46148

analogous

#48C49F #48ABC4 #486DC4

triadic

#48ABC4 #C448AB #ABC448

tetradic

#48ABC4 #9F48C4 #C46148 #6DC448

square

#48ABC4 #9F48C4 #C46148 #6DC448

split-complementary

#48ABC4 #C4486D #C49F48

monochromatic

#235F6E #32879C #48ABC4 #76C0D3 #A5D5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48ABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#48ABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABC4

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABC4	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8999C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.098 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4d6',
    500: '#48abc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abc4;
$custom-light: #88c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.097,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69286,
    "c": 0.09802,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABC4

secondary

#CFA499

accent

#6A4DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABC4

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

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