#48B4C7#48B4C7

#48B4C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4C7
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 199)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 9.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -24.85, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 31.15, 217.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0862 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.101 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2983, 38.1406, 59.8396)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4C7 #C75B48

analogous

#48C79A #48B4C7 #4875C7

triadic

#48B4C7 #C748B4 #B4C748

tetradic

#48B4C7 #9A48C7 #C75B48 #75C748

square

#48B4C7 #9A48C7 #C75B48 #75C748

split-complementary

#48B4C7 #C74875 #C79A48

monochromatic

#236672 #3190A1 #48B4C7 #77C7D5 #A6DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B4C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#48B4C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4C7

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4C7	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad8',
    500: '#48b4c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4c7;
$custom-light: #89cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.976,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71552,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4C7

secondary

#D1A29A

accent

#614BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4C7

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

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