#48B8CE#48B8CE

#48B8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8CE
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -24.76, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 32.12, 219.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0876 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.104 213)
XYZ	xyz(30.9489, 40.1116, 64.4918)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8CE #CE5E48

analogous

#48CEA1 #48B8CE #4875CE

triadic

#48B8CE #CE48B8 #B8CE48

tetradic

#48B8CE #A148CE #CE5E48 #75CE48

square

#48B8CE #A148CE #CE5E48 #75CE48

split-complementary

#48B8CE #CE4875 #CEA148

monochromatic

#216C7B #2E96AB #48B8CE #78CBDB #A9DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48B8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#48B8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8CE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8CE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acddd',
    500: '#48b8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8ce;
$custom-light: #8acddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.851,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72777,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.40115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8CE

secondary

#D5A69D

accent

#6047E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8CE

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

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