#48BBC2#48BBC2

#48BBC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBC2
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -29.78, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 32.55, 203.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0956 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.102 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1762, 40.8102, 57.3153)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBC2 #C24F48

analogous

#48C28C #48BBC2 #487EC2

triadic

#48BBC2 #C248BB #BBC248

tetradic

#48BBC2 #8C48C2 #C24F48 #7EC248

square

#48BBC2 #8C48C2 #C24F48 #7EC248

split-complementary

#48BBC2 #C2487E #C28C48

monochromatic

#24686C #33949A #48BBC2 #76CCD1 #A4DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#48BBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBC2

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBC2	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)

#AEB3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d4',
    500: '#48bbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbc2;
$custom-light: #89d0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.443,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73044,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBC2

secondary

#CE9B98

accent

#564EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBC2

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

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