#48ABCC#48ABCC

#48ABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.103 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABCC
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -18.69, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 31.48, 233.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0749 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.103 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1301, 34.8602, 62.3612)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABCC #CC6948

analogous

#48CCAB #48ABCC #4869CC

triadic

#48ABCC #CC48AB #ABCC48

tetradic

#48ABCC #AB48CC #CC6948 #69CC48

square

#48ABCC #AB48CC #CC6948 #69CC48

split-complementary

#48ABCC #CC4869 #CCAB48

monochromatic

#216278 #2F8AA8 #48ABCC #78C1D9 #A8D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48ABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#48ABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABCC

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABCC	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.103 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4db',
    500: '#48abcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abcc;
$custom-light: #89c4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69617,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABCC

secondary

#D4AA9C

accent

#6E48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABCC

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

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