#48BBCF#48BBCF

#48BBCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBCF
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 9.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -25.96, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 32.54, 217.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0902 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.105 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7006, 41.4199, 65.3435)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBCF #CF5C48

analogous

#48CFA0 #48BBCF #4877CF

triadic

#48BBCF #CF48BB #BBCF48

tetradic

#48BBCF #A048CF #CF5C48 #77CF48

square

#48BBCF #A048CF #CF5C48 #77CF48

split-complementary

#48BBCF #CF4877 #CFA048

monochromatic

#216F7C #2D9AAD #48BBCF #78CDDC #A9DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#48BBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBCF

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBCF	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfdd',
    500: '#48bbcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbcf;
$custom-light: #8acfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73529,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBCF

secondary

#D6A59D

accent

#5D46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBCF

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

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