#48ABCA#48ABCA

#48ABCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.102 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABCA
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 202)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -19.31, -24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 31.07, 231.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0757 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.102 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8918, 34.7649, 61.1060)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABCA #CA6748

analogous

#48CAA8 #48ABCA #486ACA

triadic

#48ABCA #CA48AB #ABCA48

tetradic

#48ABCA #A848CA #CA6748 #6ACA48

square

#48ABCA #A848CA #CA6748 #6ACA48

split-complementary

#48ABCA #CA486A #CAA848

monochromatic

#226276 #3089A5 #48ABCA #77C1D8 #A7D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#48ABCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#48ABCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABCA

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABCA	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.102 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4da',
    500: '#48abca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abca;
$custom-light: #89c4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.308,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69533,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABCA

secondary

#D3A89B

accent

#6D49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABCA

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

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