#48ABC7#48ABC7

#48ABC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.100 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABC7
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -20.24, -22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 30.52, 228.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0768 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.1 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5400, 34.6242, 59.2535)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABC7 #C76448

analogous

#48C7A3 #48ABC7 #486BC7

triadic

#48ABC7 #C748AB #ABC748

tetradic

#48ABC7 #A348C7 #C76448 #6BC748

square

#48ABC7 #A348C7 #C76448 #6BC748

split-complementary

#48ABC7 #C7486B #C7A348

monochromatic

#236072 #3188A1 #48ABC7 #77C1D5 #A6D6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48ABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#48ABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABC7

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABC7	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.100 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4d8',
    500: '#48abc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abc7;
$custom-light: #88c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.228,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69408,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABC7

secondary

#D1A69A

accent

#6B4BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABC7

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

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