#48B3CA#48B3CA

#48B3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.102 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3CA
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -23.44, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 31.29, 221.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.084 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.102 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4489, 37.8790, 61.6250)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3CA #CA5F48

analogous

#48CAA0 #48B3CA #4872CA

triadic

#48B3CA #CA48B3 #B3CA48

tetradic

#48B3CA #A048CA #CA5F48 #72CA48

square

#48B3CA #A048CA #CA5F48 #72CA48

split-complementary

#48B3CA #CA4872 #CAA048

monochromatic

#226776 #3090A5 #48B3CA #77C7D8 #A7DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#48B3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#48B3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3CA

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3CA	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.102 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cada',
    500: '#48b3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3ca;
$custom-light: #89cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.615,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71431,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3CA

secondary

#D3A59B

accent

#6449DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3CA

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

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