#48BCC7#48BCC7

#48BCC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.103 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCC7
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 199)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -28.82, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 32.58, 207.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0945 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.103 204)
XYZ	xyz(30.9601, 41.4643, 60.3935)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCC7 #C75348

analogous

#48C792 #48BCC7 #487CC7

triadic

#48BCC7 #C748BC #BCC748

tetradic

#48BCC7 #9248C7 #C75348 #7CC748

square

#48BCC7 #9248C7 #C75348 #7CC748

split-complementary

#48BCC7 #C7487C #C79248

monochromatic

#236B72 #3197A1 #48BCC7 #77CDD5 #A6DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BCC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#48BCC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCC7

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCC7	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.103 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d8',
    500: '#48bcc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcc7;
$custom-light: #8ad0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.197,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73466,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.41468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCC7

secondary

#D19F9A

accent

#584BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCC7

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

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