#48BCC9#48BCC9

#48BCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.104 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCC9
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -28.24, -16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 32.55, 209.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0937 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.104 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1938, 41.5578, 61.6245)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCC9 #C95548

analogous

#48C996 #48BCC9 #487BC9

triadic

#48BCC9 #C948BC #BCC948

tetradic

#48BCC9 #9648C9 #C95548 #7BC948

square

#48BCC9 #9648C9 #C95548 #7BC948

split-complementary

#48BCC9 #C9487B #C99648

monochromatic

#226C74 #3098A4 #48BCC9 #77CDD7 #A7DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#48BCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCC9

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCC9	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.104 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d9',
    500: '#48bcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcc9;
$custom-light: #8ad0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.047,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7354,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCC9

secondary

#D2A09B

accent

#594ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCC9

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

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