#48BDCC#48BDCC

#48BDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.105 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDCC
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -27.85, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 32.75, 211.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0935 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.105 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7645, 42.1291, 63.5727)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDCC #CC5748

analogous

#48CC99 #48BDCC #487BCC

triadic

#48BDCC #CC48BD #BDCC48

tetradic

#48BDCC #9948CC #CC5748 #7BCC48

square

#48BDCC #9948CC #CC5748 #7BCC48

split-complementary

#48BDCC #CC487B #CC9948

monochromatic

#216E78 #2F9AA8 #48BDCC #78CED9 #A8E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#48BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDCC

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDCC	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.105 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1db',
    500: '#48bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdcc;
$custom-light: #8ad1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73891,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDCC

secondary

#D4A29C

accent

#5948E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDCC

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

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