#48B5CA#48B5CA

#48B5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5CA
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -24.45, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 31.48, 219.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0861 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.102 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8526, 38.6865, 61.7596)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5CA #CA5D48

analogous

#48CA9E #48B5CA #4874CA

triadic

#48B5CA #CA48B5 #B5CA48

tetradic

#48B5CA #9E48CA #CA5D48 #74CA48

square

#48B5CA #9E48CA #CA5D48 #74CA48

split-complementary

#48B5CA #CA4874 #CA9E48

monochromatic

#226876 #3092A5 #48B5CA #77C8D8 #A7DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#48B5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#48B5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5CA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5CA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbda',
    500: '#48b5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5ca;
$custom-light: #89cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.692,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71907,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5CA

secondary

#D3A49B

accent

#6149DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5CA

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

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