#48BCD0#48BCD0

#48BCD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.106 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCD0
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -26.16, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 32.73, 216.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0909 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.106 211)
XYZ	xyz(32.0361, 41.8947, 66.0604)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCD0 #D05C48

analogous

#48D0A0 #48BCD0 #4878D0

triadic

#48BCD0 #D048BC #BCD048

tetradic

#48BCD0 #A048D0 #D05C48 #78D048

square

#48BCD0 #A048D0 #D05C48 #78D048

split-complementary

#48BCD0 #D04878 #D0A048

monochromatic

#20707D #2D9BAE #48BCD0 #79CEDD #A9E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#48BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCD0

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCD0	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.106 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0de',
    500: '#48bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcd0;
$custom-light: #8bd0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73805,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.41898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCD0

secondary

#D7A69D

accent

#5D45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCD0

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

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