#48BBD1#48BBD1

#48BBD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBD1
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 209)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -25.36, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 32.68, 219.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0894 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.106 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9466, 41.5183, 66.6394)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBD1 #D15E48

analogous

#48D1A2 #48BBD1 #4877D1

triadic

#48BBD1 #D148BB #BBD148

tetradic

#48BBD1 #A248D1 #D15E48 #77D148

square

#48BBD1 #A248D1 #D15E48 #77D148

split-complementary

#48BBD1 #D14877 #D1A248

monochromatic

#20707F #2C9BB0 #48BBD1 #79CDDD #AADFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BBD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#48BBD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBD1

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBD1	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfdf',
    500: '#48bbd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbd1;
$custom-light: #8bcfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.635,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73607,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBD1

secondary

#D7A79E

accent

#5E45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBD1

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

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