#48B3C8#48B3C8

#48B3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.101 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3C8
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -24.04, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 31.10, 219.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0848 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.101 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2136, 37.7849, 60.3860)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3C8 #C85D48

analogous

#48C89D #48B3C8 #4873C8

triadic

#48B3C8 #C848B3 #B3C848

tetradic

#48B3C8 #9D48C8 #C85D48 #73C848

square

#48B3C8 #9D48C8 #C85D48 #73C848

split-complementary

#48B3C8 #C84873 #C89D48

monochromatic

#236673 #318FA2 #48B3C8 #77C7D6 #A6DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#48B3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#48B3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3C8

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3C8	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.101 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad8',
    500: '#48b3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3c8;
$custom-light: #89cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.844,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71352,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3C8

secondary

#D1A39A

accent

#634BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3C8

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

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