#48B7CD#48B7CD

#48B7CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7CD
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -24.56, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 31.94, 219.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0869 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.104 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6208, 39.6492, 63.7851)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7CD #CD5E48

analogous

#48CDA1 #48B7CD #4875CD

triadic

#48B7CD #CD48B7 #B7CD48

tetradic

#48B7CD #A148CD #CD5E48 #75CD48

square

#48B7CD #A148CD #CD5E48 #75CD48

split-complementary

#48B7CD #CD4875 #CDA148

monochromatic

#216B79 #2E95A9 #48B7CD #78CADA #A8DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#48B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7CD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7CD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acddc',
    500: '#48b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7cd;
$custom-light: #8acddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.925,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72501,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7CD

secondary

#D5A69C

accent

#6147E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7CD

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

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