#48BCCE#48BCCE

#48BCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.105 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCCE
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -26.76, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 32.63, 214.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0917 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.105 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7916, 41.7969, 64.7727)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCCE #CE5A48

analogous

#48CE9D #48BCCE #4879CE

triadic

#48BCCE #CE48BC #BCCE48

tetradic

#48BCCE #9D48CE #CE5A48 #79CE48

square

#48BCCE #9D48CE #CE5A48 #79CE48

split-complementary

#48BCCE #CE4879 #CE9D48

monochromatic

#216F7B #2E9AAB #48BCCE #78CEDB #A9DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#48BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCCE

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCCE	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.105 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0dd',
    500: '#48bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcce;
$custom-light: #8ad0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.06,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73729,
    "c": 0.10531,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCCE

secondary

#D5A49D

accent

#5C47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCCE

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

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