#48B9CD#48B9CD

#48B9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9CD
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -25.56, -19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 32.16, 217.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.089 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.104 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0363, 40.4800, 63.9235)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9CD #CD5C48

analogous

#48CD9F #48B9CD #4876CD

triadic

#48B9CD #CD48B9 #B9CD48

tetradic

#48B9CD #9F48CD #CD5C48 #76CD48

square

#48B9CD #9F48CD #CD5C48 #76CD48

split-complementary

#48B9CD #CD4876 #CD9F48

monochromatic

#216C79 #2E97A9 #48B9CD #78CBDA #A8DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#48B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9CD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9CD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acedc',
    500: '#48b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9cd;
$custom-light: #8acedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.023,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72976,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9CD

secondary

#D5A59C

accent

#5E47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9CD

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

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