#48BBCC#48BBCC

#48BBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.104 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBCC
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -26.86, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 32.40, 214.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0914 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.104 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3373, 41.2746, 63.4303)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBCC #CC5948

analogous

#48CC9B #48BBCC #4879CC

triadic

#48BBCC #CC48BB #BBCC48

tetradic

#48BBCC #9B48CC #CC5948 #79CC48

square

#48BBCC #9B48CC #CC5948 #79CC48

split-complementary

#48BBCC #CC4879 #CC9B48

monochromatic

#216D78 #2F98A8 #48BBCC #78CDD9 #A8DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#48BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBCC

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBCC	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.104 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfdb',
    500: '#48bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbcc;
$custom-light: #8acfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.727,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73414,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBCC

secondary

#D4A39C

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBCC

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

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