#48B2C7#48B2C7

#48B2C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.100 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2C7
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 199)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -23.84, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 30.91, 219.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0841 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.1 213)
XYZ	xyz(28.8974, 37.3389, 59.7060)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2C7 #C75D48

analogous

#48C79C #48B2C7 #4872C7

triadic

#48B2C7 #C748B2 #B2C748

tetradic

#48B2C7 #9C48C7 #C75D48 #72C748

square

#48B2C7 #9C48C7 #C75D48 #72C748

split-complementary

#48B2C7 #C74872 #C79C48

monochromatic

#236572 #318EA1 #48B2C7 #77C6D5 #A6D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48B2C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#48B2C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2C7

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2C7	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ACC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.100 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9d8',
    500: '#48b2c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2c7;
$custom-light: #89c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.921,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71074,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.37342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2C7

secondary

#D1A39A

accent

#634BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2C7

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

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