#48B7CC#48B7CC

#48B7CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.103 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7CC
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -24.86, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 31.86, 218.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0873 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.103 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5005, 39.6010, 63.1514)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7CC #CC5D48

analogous

#48CC9F #48B7CC #4875CC

triadic

#48B7CC #CC48B7 #B7CC48

tetradic

#48B7CC #9F48CC #CC5D48 #75CC48

square

#48B7CC #9F48CC #CC5D48 #75CC48

split-complementary

#48B7CC #CC4875 #CC9F48

monochromatic

#216A78 #2F95A8 #48B7CC #78CAD9 #A8DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48B7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#48B7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7CC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7CC	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.103 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acddb',
    500: '#48b7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7cc;
$custom-light: #8acddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.545,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72461,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7CC

secondary

#D4A59C

accent

#6048E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7CC

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

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