#48B9CA#48B9CA

#48B9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9CA
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -26.46, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 32.02, 214.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0902 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.103 209)
XYZ	xyz(30.6776, 40.3366, 62.0346)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9CA #CA5948

analogous

#48CA9A #48B9CA #4878CA

triadic

#48B9CA #CA48B9 #B9CA48

tetradic

#48B9CA #9A48CA #CA5948 #78CA48

square

#48B9CA #9A48CA #CA5948 #78CA48

split-complementary

#48B9CA #CA4878 #CA9A48

monochromatic

#226B76 #3096A5 #48B9CA #77CBD8 #A7DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48B9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#48B9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9CA

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9CA	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aceda',
    500: '#48b9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9ca;
$custom-light: #8aceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.846,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72861,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.4034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9CA

secondary

#D3A29B

accent

#5D49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9CA

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

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