#48B9CF#48B9CF

#48B9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.105 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9CF
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -24.96, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 32.31, 219.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0882 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.105 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2792, 40.5772, 65.2031)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9CF #CF5E48

analogous

#48CFA2 #48B9CF #4875CF

triadic

#48B9CF #CF48B9 #B9CF48

tetradic

#48B9CF #A248CF #CF5E48 #75CF48

square

#48B9CF #A248CF #CF5E48 #75CF48

split-complementary

#48B9CF #CF4875 #CFA248

monochromatic

#216D7C #2D98AD #48B9CF #78CCDC #A9DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48B9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#48B9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9CF

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9CF	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.105 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acedd',
    500: '#48b9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9cf;
$custom-light: #8acedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.778,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73054,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9CF

secondary

#D6A69D

accent

#5F46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9CF

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

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