#48BBC8#48BBC8

#48BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBC8
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -28.04, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 32.35, 209.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0931 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.103 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8637, 41.0851, 60.9360)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBC8 #C85548

analogous

#48C895 #48BBC8 #487BC8

triadic

#48BBC8 #C848BB #BBC848

tetradic

#48BBC8 #9548C8 #C85548 #7BC848

square

#48BBC8 #9548C8 #C85548 #7BC848

split-complementary

#48BBC8 #C8487B #C89548

monochromatic

#236B73 #3197A2 #48BBC8 #77CCD6 #A6DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#48BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBC8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBC8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfd8',
    500: '#48bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbc8;
$custom-light: #8acfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.094,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73264,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBC8

secondary

#D1A09A

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBC8

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

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