#48B9CE#48B9CE

#48B9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9CE
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -25.26, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 32.23, 218.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0886 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.105 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1574, 40.5285, 64.5613)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9CE #CE5D48

analogous

#48CEA0 #48B9CE #4876CE

triadic

#48B9CE #CE48B9 #B9CE48

tetradic

#48B9CE #A048CE #CE5D48 #76CE48

square

#48B9CE #A048CE #CE5D48 #76CE48

split-complementary

#48B9CE #CE4876 #CEA048

monochromatic

#216D7B #2E97AB #48B9CE #78CBDB #A9DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48B9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#48B9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9CE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9CE	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acedd',
    500: '#48b9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9ce;
$custom-light: #8acedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.403,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73015,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9CE

secondary

#D5A59D

accent

#5F47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9CE

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

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