#48BCCF#48BCCF

#48BCCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.106 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCCF
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -26.46, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 32.67, 215.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0913 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.106 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9135, 41.8457, 65.4145)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCCF #CF5B48

analogous

#48CF9E #48BCCF #4879CF

triadic

#48BCCF #CF48BC #BCCF48

tetradic

#48BCCF #9E48CF #CF5B48 #79CF48

square

#48BCCF #9E48CF #CF5B48 #79CF48

split-complementary

#48BCCF #CF4879 #CF9E48

monochromatic

#216F7C #2D9BAD #48BCCF #78CEDC #A9E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BCCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#48BCCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCCF

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCCF	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.106 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0dd',
    500: '#48bccf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bccf;
$custom-light: #8bd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.444,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73767,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCCF

secondary

#D6A59D

accent

#5C46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCCF

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

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