#48BACF#48BACF

#48BACF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BACF
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -25.46, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 32.42, 218.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0892 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.105 212)
XYZ	xyz(31.4892, 40.9971, 65.2731)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BACF #CF5D48

analogous

#48CFA0 #48BACF #4877CF

triadic

#48BACF #CF48BA #BACF48

tetradic

#48BACF #A048CF #CF5D48 #77CF48

square

#48BACF #A048CF #CF5D48 #77CF48

split-complementary

#48BACF #CF4877 #CFA048

monochromatic

#216E7C #2D99AD #48BACF #78CCDC #A9DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#48BACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BACF

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BACF	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bacf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfdd',
    500: '#48bacf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bacf;
$custom-light: #8acfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bacf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73292,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.41001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BACF

secondary

#D6A69D

accent

#5E46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BACF

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

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