#48BDCA#48BDCA

#48BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDCA
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -28.43, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 32.74, 209.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0943 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.105 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5262, 42.0337, 62.3175)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDCA #CA5548

analogous

#48CA96 #48BDCA #487CCA

triadic

#48BDCA #CA48BD #BDCA48

tetradic

#48BDCA #9648CA #CA5548 #7CCA48

square

#48BDCA #9648CA #CA5548 #7CCA48

split-complementary

#48BDCA #CA487C #CA9648

monochromatic

#226D76 #3099A5 #48BDCA #77CED8 #A7DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#48BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDCA

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#AEB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1da',
    500: '#48bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdca;
$custom-light: #8ad1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73816,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDCA

secondary

#D3A19B

accent

#5849DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDCA

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

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