#48BACC#48BACC

#48BACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.104 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BACC
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -26.36, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 32.25, 215.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0904 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.104 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1259, 40.8518, 63.3598)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BACC #CC5A48

analogous

#48CC9C #48BACC #4878CC

triadic

#48BACC #CC48BA #BACC48

tetradic

#48BACC #9C48CC #CC5A48 #78CC48

square

#48BACC #9C48CC #CC5A48 #78CC48

split-complementary

#48BACC #CC4878 #CC9C48

monochromatic

#216C78 #2F97A8 #48BACC #78CCD9 #A8DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#48BACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BACC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BACC	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.104 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfdb',
    500: '#48bacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bacc;
$custom-light: #8acfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73176,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BACC

secondary

#D4A39C

accent

#5D48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BACC

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

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