#48ABCF#48ABCF

#48ABCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.105 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABCF
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 17.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -17.75, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 32.16, 236.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0738 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.105 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4934, 35.0055, 64.2745)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABCF #CF6C48

analogous

#48CFB0 #48ABCF #4868CF

triadic

#48ABCF #CF48AB #ABCF48

tetradic

#48ABCF #B048CF #CF6C48 #68CF48

square

#48ABCF #B048CF #CF6C48 #68CF48

split-complementary

#48ABCF #CF4868 #CFB048

monochromatic

#21647C #2D8BAD #48ABCF #78C1DC #A9D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48ABCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#48ABCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABCF

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABCF	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.105 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4dd',
    500: '#48abcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abcf;
$custom-light: #89c4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69746,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABCF

secondary

#D6AC9D

accent

#7046E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABCF

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

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