#48B8CD#48B8CD

#48B8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8CD
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -25.06, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 32.04, 218.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.088 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.104 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8278, 40.0631, 63.8540)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8CD #CD5D48

analogous

#48CDA0 #48B8CD #4875CD

triadic

#48B8CD #CD48B8 #B8CD48

tetradic

#48B8CD #A048CD #CD5D48 #75CD48

square

#48B8CD #A048CD #CD5D48 #75CD48

split-complementary

#48B8CD #CD4875 #CDA048

monochromatic

#216B79 #2E96A9 #48B8CD #78CBDA #A8DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#48B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8CD

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8CD	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acddc',
    500: '#48b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8cd;
$custom-light: #8acddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72738,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8CD

secondary

#D5A59C

accent

#6047E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8CD

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

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