#48BCCD#48BCCD

#48BCCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.105 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCCD
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -27.06, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 32.59, 213.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0921 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.105 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6705, 41.7485, 64.1349)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCCD #CD5948

analogous

#48CD9C #48BCCD #487ACD

triadic

#48BCCD #CD48BC #BCCD48

tetradic

#48BCCD #9C48CD #CD5948 #7ACD48

square

#48BCCD #9C48CD #CD5948 #7ACD48

split-complementary

#48BCCD #CD487A #CD9C48

monochromatic

#216E79 #2E9AA9 #48BCCD #78CEDA #A8DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#48BCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCCD

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCCD	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.105 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0dc',
    500: '#48bccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bccd;
$custom-light: #8ad0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.669,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7369,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCCD

secondary

#D5A39C

accent

#5B47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCCD

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

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