#48B9CB#48B9CB

#48B9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9CB
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -26.16, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 32.06, 215.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0898 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.103 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7964, 40.3841, 62.6602)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9CB #CB5A48

analogous

#48CB9C #48B9CB #4878CB

triadic

#48B9CB #CB48B9 #B9CB48

tetradic

#48B9CB #9C48CB #CB5A48 #78CB48

square

#48B9CB #9C48CB #CB5A48 #78CB48

split-complementary

#48B9CB #CB4878 #CB9C48

monochromatic

#226B77 #2F96A6 #48B9CB #78CBD9 #A7DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48B9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#48B9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9CB

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9CB	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aceda',
    500: '#48b9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9cb;
$custom-light: #8aceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.244,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72899,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9CB

secondary

#D3A39B

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9CB

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

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