#48B4C8#48B4C8

#48B4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4C8
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -24.55, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 31.21, 218.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0858 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.101 212)
XYZ	xyz(29.4147, 38.1872, 60.4531)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4C8 #C85C48

analogous

#48C89C #48B4C8 #4874C8

triadic

#48B4C8 #C848B4 #B4C848

tetradic

#48B4C8 #9C48C8 #C85C48 #74C848

square

#48B4C8 #9C48C8 #C85C48 #74C848

split-complementary

#48B4C8 #C84874 #C89C48

monochromatic

#236673 #3190A2 #48B4C8 #77C7D6 #A6DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#48B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4C8

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4C8	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad8',
    500: '#48b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4c8;
$custom-light: #89cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.375,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71591,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.3819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4C8

secondary

#D1A39A

accent

#624BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4C8

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

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