#48BCD2#48BCD2

#48BCD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.107 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCD2
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -25.56, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 32.86, 218.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0901 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.107 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2837, 41.9938, 67.3645)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCD2 #D25E48

analogous

#48D2A3 #48BCD2 #4877D2

triadic

#48BCD2 #D248BC #BCD248

tetradic

#48BCD2 #A348D2 #D25E48 #77D248

square

#48BCD2 #A348D2 #D25E48 #77D248

split-complementary

#48BCD2 #D24877 #D2A348

monochromatic

#207180 #2C9CB1 #48BCD2 #79CEDE #AAE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#48BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCD2

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCD2	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.107 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0df',
    500: '#48bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcd2;
$custom-light: #8bd0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.565,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73883,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCD2

secondary

#D8A79E

accent

#5E44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCD2

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

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