#48BCCB#48BCCB

#48BCCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCCB
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -27.65, -17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 32.55, 211.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0929 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.104 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4306, 41.6525, 62.8716)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCCB #CB5748

analogous

#48CB99 #48BCCB #487BCB

triadic

#48BCCB #CB48BC #BCCB48

tetradic

#48BCCB #9948CB #CB5748 #7BCB48

square

#48BCCB #9948CB #CB5748 #7BCB48

split-complementary

#48BCCB #CB487B #CB9948

monochromatic

#226D77 #2F99A6 #48BCCB #78CDD9 #A7DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BCCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#48BCCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCCB

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCCB	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0da',
    500: '#48bccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bccb;
$custom-light: #8ad0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.87,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73615,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCCB

secondary

#D3A29B

accent

#5A49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCCB

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

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