#48ABC8#48ABC8

#48ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.100 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABC8
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -19.93, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 30.69, 229.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0764 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.1 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6565, 34.6708, 59.8670)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABC8 #C86548

analogous

#48C8A5 #48ABC8 #486BC8

triadic

#48ABC8 #C848AB #ABC848

tetradic

#48ABC8 #A548C8 #C86548 #6BC848

square

#48ABC8 #A548C8 #C86548 #6BC848

split-complementary

#48ABC8 #C8486B #C8A548

monochromatic

#236173 #3188A2 #48ABC8 #77C1D6 #A6D6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#48ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABC8

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABC8	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)

#99A7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.100 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4d8',
    500: '#48abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abc8;
$custom-light: #88c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.594,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6945,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABC8

secondary

#D1A79A

accent

#6C4BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABC8

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

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