#48BBC9#48BBC9

#48BBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBC9
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -27.74, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 32.35, 210.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0927 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.104 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9810, 41.1320, 61.5535)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBC9 #C95648

analogous

#48C996 #48BBC9 #487AC9

triadic

#48BBC9 #C948BB #BBC948

tetradic

#48BBC9 #9648C9 #C95648 #7AC948

square

#48BBC9 #9648C9 #C95648 #7AC948

split-complementary

#48BBC9 #C9487A #C99648

monochromatic

#226B74 #3097A4 #48BBC9 #77CDD7 #A7DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#48BBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBC9

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBC9	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfd9',
    500: '#48bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbc9;
$custom-light: #8acfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.512,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73301,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBC9

secondary

#D2A19B

accent

#5A4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBC9

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

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