#48BBCD#48BBCD

#48BBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBCD
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -26.56, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 32.44, 215.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0911 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.105 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4576, 41.3227, 64.0640)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBCD #CD5A48

analogous

#48CD9D #48BBCD #4879CD

triadic

#48BBCD #CD48BB #BBCD48

tetradic

#48BBCD #9D48CD #CD5A48 #79CD48

square

#48BBCD #9D48CD #CD5A48 #79CD48

split-complementary

#48BBCD #CD4879 #CD9D48

monochromatic

#216D79 #2E99A9 #48BBCD #78CDDA #A8DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#48BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBCD

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBCD	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfdc',
    500: '#48bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbcd;
$custom-light: #8acfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.12,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73452,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBCD

secondary

#D5A49C

accent

#5C47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBCD

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

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