#48B6C7#48B6C7

#48B6C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6C7
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 199)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -25.85, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 31.43, 214.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0883 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.101 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7049, 38.9539, 59.9751)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6C7 #C75948

analogous

#48C798 #48B6C7 #4877C7

triadic

#48B6C7 #C748B6 #B6C748

tetradic

#48B6C7 #9848C7 #C75948 #77C748

square

#48B6C7 #9848C7 #C75948 #77C748

split-complementary

#48B6C7 #C74877 #C79848

monochromatic

#236772 #3192A1 #48B6C7 #77C9D5 #A6DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48B6C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#48B6C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6C7

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6C7	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccd8',
    500: '#48b6c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6c7;
$custom-light: #89ccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.031,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7203,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6C7

secondary

#D1A19A

accent

#5F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6C7

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

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