#48BACB#48BACB

#48BACB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BACB
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -26.66, -18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 32.21, 214.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0908 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.104 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0063, 40.8040, 62.7302)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BACB #CB5948

analogous

#48CB9B #48BACB #4879CB

triadic

#48BACB #CB48BA #BACB48

tetradic

#48BACB #9B48CB #CB5948 #79CB48

square

#48BACB #9B48CB #CB5948 #79CB48

split-complementary

#48BACB #CB4879 #CB9B48

monochromatic

#226C77 #2F97A6 #48BACB #78CCD9 #A7DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#48BACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BACB

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BACB	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bacb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfda',
    500: '#48bacb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bacb;
$custom-light: #8acfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bacb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.786,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73138,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BACB

secondary

#D3A39B

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BACB

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

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