#48BCD1#48BCD1

#48BCD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.106 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCD1
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 209)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 10%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -25.86, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 32.79, 217.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0905 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.106 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1595, 41.9441, 66.7104)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCD1 #D15D48

analogous

#48D1A1 #48BCD1 #4878D1

triadic

#48BCD1 #D148BC #BCD148

tetradic

#48BCD1 #A148D1 #D15D48 #78D148

square

#48BCD1 #A148D1 #D15D48 #78D148

split-complementary

#48BCD1 #D14878 #D1A148

monochromatic

#20707F #2C9BB0 #48BCD1 #79CEDD #AAE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#48BCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCD1

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCD1	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.106 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0df',
    500: '#48bcd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcd1;
$custom-light: #8bd0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.197,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73844,
    "c": 0.10639,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCD1

secondary

#D7A69E

accent

#5D45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCD1

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

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