#48B7CA#48B7CA

#48B7CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.103 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7CA
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -25.46, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 31.72, 216.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0881 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.103 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2622, 39.5057, 61.8962)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7CA #CA5B48

analogous

#48CA9C #48B7CA #4876CA

triadic

#48B7CA #CA48B7 #B7CA48

tetradic

#48B7CA #9C48CA #CA5B48 #76CA48

square

#48B7CA #9C48CA #CA5B48 #76CA48

split-complementary

#48B7CA #CA4876 #CA9C48

monochromatic

#226976 #3094A5 #48B7CA #77CAD8 #A7DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48B7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#48B7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7CA

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7CA	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.103 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdda',
    500: '#48b7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7ca;
$custom-light: #8acdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.769,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72384,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7CA

secondary

#D3A39B

accent

#5F49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7CA

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

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