#48BCCC#48BCCC

#48BCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.105 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCCC
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -27.35, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 32.57, 212.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0925 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.105 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5502, 41.7003, 63.5013)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCCC #CC5848

analogous

#48CC9A #48BCCC #487ACC

triadic

#48BCCC #CC48BC #BCCC48

tetradic

#48BCCC #9A48CC #CC5848 #7ACC48

square

#48BCCC #9A48CC #CC5848 #7ACC48

split-complementary

#48BCCC #CC487A #CC9A48

monochromatic

#216E78 #2F99A8 #48BCCC #78CED9 #A8DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#48BCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCCC

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCCC	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.105 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0db',
    500: '#48bccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bccc;
$custom-light: #8ad0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73653,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCCC

secondary

#D4A39C

accent

#5A48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCCC

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

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