#48B7CB#48B7CB

#48B7CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.103 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7CB
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -25.16, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 31.78, 217.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0877 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.103 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3810, 39.5532, 62.5217)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7CB #CB5C48

analogous

#48CB9E #48B7CB #4876CB

triadic

#48B7CB #CB48B7 #B7CB48

tetradic

#48B7CB #9E48CB #CB5C48 #76CB48

square

#48B7CB #9E48CB #CB5C48 #76CB48

split-complementary

#48B7CB #CB4876 #CB9E48

monochromatic

#226A77 #2F94A6 #48B7CB #78CAD9 #A7DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48B7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#48B7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7CB

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7CB	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.103 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdda',
    500: '#48b7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7cb;
$custom-light: #8acdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.16,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72422,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7CB

secondary

#D3A49B

accent

#6049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7CB

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

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