#48BDC8#48BDC8

#48BDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.104 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDC8
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -29.02, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 32.78, 207.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0952 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.104 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2909, 41.9396, 61.0785)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDC8 #C85348

analogous

#48C893 #48BDC8 #487DC8

triadic

#48BDC8 #C848BD #BDC848

tetradic

#48BDC8 #9348C8 #C85348 #7DC848

square

#48BDC8 #9348C8 #C85348 #7DC848

split-complementary

#48BDC8 #C8487D #C89348

monochromatic

#236C73 #3198A2 #48BDC8 #77CED6 #A6DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#48BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDC8

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDC8	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)

#AFB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.104 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1d8',
    500: '#48bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdc8;
$custom-light: #8ad1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73742,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDC8

secondary

#D19F9A

accent

#574BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDC8

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

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