#48BCC8#48BCC8

#48BCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.104 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCC8
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -28.53, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 32.56, 208.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0941 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.104 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0766, 41.5109, 61.0070)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCC8 #C85448

analogous

#48C894 #48BCC8 #487CC8

triadic

#48BCC8 #C848BC #BCC848

tetradic

#48BCC8 #9448C8 #C85448 #7CC848

square

#48BCC8 #9448C8 #C85448 #7CC848

split-complementary

#48BCC8 #C8487C #C89448

monochromatic

#236B73 #3197A2 #48BCC8 #77CDD6 #A6DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#48BCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCC8

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCC8	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)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.104 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d8',
    500: '#48bcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcc8;
$custom-light: #8ad0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73503,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCC8

secondary

#D1A09A

accent

#584BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCC8

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

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