#48B8CA#48B8CA

#48B8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.103 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8CA
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -25.96, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 31.86, 215.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0892 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.103 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4692, 39.9197, 61.9652)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8CA #CA5A48

analogous

#48CA9B #48B8CA #4877CA

triadic

#48B8CA #CA48B8 #B8CA48

tetradic

#48B8CA #9B48CA #CA5A48 #77CA48

square

#48B8CA #9B48CA #CA5A48 #77CA48

split-complementary

#48B8CA #CA4877 #CA9B48

monochromatic

#226A76 #3095A5 #48B8CA #77CAD8 #A7DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#48B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#48B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8CA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8CA	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.103 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdda',
    500: '#48b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8ca;
$custom-light: #8acdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.308,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72622,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8CA

secondary

#D3A39B

accent

#5E49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8CA

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

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