#48BCD3#48BCD3

#48BCD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.107 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCD3
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -25.26, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 32.94, 219.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0897 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.107 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4087, 42.0437, 68.0226)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCD3 #D35F48

analogous

#48D3A4 #48BCD3 #4876D3

triadic

#48BCD3 #D348BC #BCD348

tetradic

#48BCD3 #A448D3 #D35F48 #76D348

square

#48BCD3 #A448D3 #D35F48 #76D348

split-complementary

#48BCD3 #D34876 #D3A448

monochromatic

#1F7181 #2B9CB3 #48BCD3 #79CEDF #ABE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#48BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCD3

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCD3	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.107 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e0',
    500: '#48bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcd3;
$custom-light: #8bd0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.928,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73922,
    "c": 0.10721,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCD3

secondary

#D8A89E

accent

#5E43E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCD3

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

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