#48BBCB#48BBCB

#48BBCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.104 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBCB
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -27.15, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 32.37, 212.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0919 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.104 208)
XYZ	xyz(31.2177, 41.2268, 62.8007)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBCB #CB5848

analogous

#48CB9A #48BBCB #487ACB

triadic

#48BBCB #CB48BB #BBCB48

tetradic

#48BBCB #9A48CB #CB5848 #7ACB48

square

#48BBCB #9A48CB #CB5848 #7ACB48

split-complementary

#48BBCB #CB487A #CB9A48

monochromatic

#226C77 #2F98A6 #48BBCB #78CDD9 #A7DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#48BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBCB

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBCB	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.104 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfda',
    500: '#48bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbcb;
$custom-light: #8acfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.328,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.4123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBCB

secondary

#D3A29B

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBCB

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

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