#48BCC2#48BCC2

#48BCC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCC2
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -30.26, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 32.81, 202.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0966 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.103 200)
XYZ	xyz(30.3891, 41.2359, 57.3863)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCC2 #C24E48

analogous

#48C28B #48BCC2 #487FC2

triadic

#48BCC2 #C248BC #BCC248

tetradic

#48BCC2 #8B48C2 #C24E48 #7FC248

square

#48BCC2 #8B48C2 #C24E48 #7FC248

split-complementary

#48BCC2 #C2487F #C28B48

monochromatic

#24686C #33959A #48BCC2 #76CDD1 #A4DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#48BCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCC2

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCC2	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d4',
    500: '#48bcc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcc2;
$custom-light: #89d0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.951,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73285,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.41239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCC2

secondary

#CE9B98

accent

#554EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCC2

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

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