#48B6C8#48B6C8

#48B6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.102 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6C8
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -25.55, -18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 31.48, 215.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0879 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.102 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8214, 39.0005, 60.5886)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6C8 #C85A48

analogous

#48C89A #48B6C8 #4876C8

triadic

#48B6C8 #C848B6 #B6C848

tetradic

#48B6C8 #9A48C8 #C85A48 #76C848

square

#48B6C8 #9A48C8 #C85A48 #76C848

split-complementary

#48B6C8 #C84876 #C89A48

monochromatic

#236873 #3192A2 #48B6C8 #77C9D6 #A6DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48B6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#48B6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6C8

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6C8	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.102 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccd8',
    500: '#48b6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6c8;
$custom-light: #89ccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.438,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.10164,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6C8

secondary

#D1A29A

accent

#5F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6C8

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

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