#48ACC0#48ACC0

#48ACC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.096 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACC0
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 192)
HSL	hsl(190, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -22.89, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 29.67, 219.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0806 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.096 213)
XYZ	xyz(26.9355, 34.6857, 55.1344)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACC0 #C05C48

analogous

#48C098 #48ACC0 #4870C0

triadic

#48ACC0 #C048AC #ACC048

tetradic

#48ACC0 #9848C0 #C05C48 #70C048

square

#48ACC0 #9848C0 #C05C48 #70C048

split-complementary

#48ACC0 #C04870 #C09848

monochromatic

#245E69 #348697 #48ACC0 #76C1D0 #A3D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48ACC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#48ACC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACC0

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACC0	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA7C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.096 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c5d3',
    500: '#48acc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acc0;
$custom-light: #88c5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69365,
    "c": 0.09619,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.34689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACC0

secondary

#CCA098

accent

#664FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACC0

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

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