#48BCC1#48BCC1

#48BCC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.103 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCC1
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 193)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -30.55, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 32.89, 201.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0971 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.103 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2772, 41.1911, 56.7968)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCC1 #C14D48

analogous

#48C189 #48BCC1 #4880C1

triadic

#48BCC1 #C148BC #BCC148

tetradic

#48BCC1 #8948C1 #C14D48 #80C148

square

#48BCC1 #8948C1 #C14D48 #80C148

split-complementary

#48BCC1 #C14880 #C18948

monochromatic

#24686B #349498 #48BCC1 #76CDD0 #A3DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BCC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#48BCC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCC1

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCC1	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.103 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d3',
    500: '#48bcc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcc1;
$custom-light: #89d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.479,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCC1

secondary

#CD9A98

accent

#554FD9

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCC1

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

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