#48BDC2#48BDC2

#48BDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.103 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDC2
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -30.74, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 33.09, 201.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0977 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.103 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6035, 41.6646, 57.4577)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDC2 #C24D48

analogous

#48C28A #48BDC2 #4880C2

triadic

#48BDC2 #C248BD #BDC248

tetradic

#48BDC2 #8A48C2 #C24D48 #80C248

square

#48BDC2 #8A48C2 #C24D48 #80C248

split-complementary

#48BDC2 #C24880 #C28A48

monochromatic

#24696C #33959A #48BDC2 #76CED1 #A4DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#48BDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDC2

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDC2	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.103 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1d4',
    500: '#48bdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdc2;
$custom-light: #89d1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.459,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73526,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDC2

secondary

#CE9A98

accent

#544EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDC2

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

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