#48B9CC#48B9CC

#48B9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.104 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9CC
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -25.86, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 32.10, 216.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0894 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.104 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9160, 40.4319, 63.2898)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9CC #CC5B48

analogous

#48CC9D #48B9CC #4877CC

triadic

#48B9CC #CC48B9 #B9CC48

tetradic

#48B9CC #9D48CC #CC5B48 #77CC48

square

#48B9CC #9D48CC #CC5B48 #77CC48

split-complementary

#48B9CC #CC4877 #CC9D48

monochromatic

#216C78 #2F97A8 #48B9CC #78CBD9 #A8DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48B9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#48B9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9CC

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9CC	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.104 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acedb',
    500: '#48b9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9cc;
$custom-light: #8acedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.636,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.10382,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9CC

secondary

#D4A49C

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9CC

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

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