#48BDCB#48BDCB

#48BDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.105 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDCB
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -28.14, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 32.74, 210.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0939 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.105 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6450, 42.0813, 62.9431)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDCB #CB5648

analogous

#48CB98 #48BDCB #487CCB

triadic

#48BDCB #CB48BD #BDCB48

tetradic

#48BDCB #9848CB #CB5648 #7CCB48

square

#48BDCB #9848CB #CB5648 #7CCB48

split-complementary

#48BDCB #CB487C #CB9848

monochromatic

#226E77 #2F9AA6 #48BDCB #78CED9 #A7DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#48BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDCB

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDCB	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.105 206.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.412,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDCB

secondary

#D3A19B

accent

#5949DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDCB

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

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