#48BBC7#48BBC7

#48BBC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.103 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBC7
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 199)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -28.33, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 32.36, 208.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0935 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.103 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7472, 41.0386, 60.3226)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBC7 #C75448

analogous

#48C793 #48BBC7 #487BC7

triadic

#48BBC7 #C748BB #BBC748

tetradic

#48BBC7 #9348C7 #C75448 #7BC748

square

#48BBC7 #9348C7 #C75448 #7BC748

split-complementary

#48BBC7 #C7487B #C79348

monochromatic

#236A72 #3196A1 #48BBC7 #77CCD5 #A6DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BBC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#48BBC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBC7

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBC7	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.103 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfd8',
    500: '#48bbc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbc7;
$custom-light: #8acfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.669,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73226,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBC7

secondary

#D19F9A

accent

#594BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBC7

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

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