#48B6CA#48B6CA

#48B6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.102 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6CA
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -24.96, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 31.59, 217.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0871 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.102 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0567, 39.0946, 61.8276)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6CA #CA5C48

analogous

#48CA9D #48B6CA #4875CA

triadic

#48B6CA #CA48B6 #B6CA48

tetradic

#48B6CA #9D48CA #CA5C48 #75CA48

square

#48B6CA #9D48CA #CA5C48 #75CA48

split-complementary

#48B6CA #CA4875 #CA9D48

monochromatic

#226976 #3093A5 #48B6CA #77C9D8 #A7DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48B6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#48B6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6CA

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6CA	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.102 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accda',
    500: '#48b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6ca;
$custom-light: #8accda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72145,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6CA

secondary

#D3A49B

accent

#6049DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6CA

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

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