#48BDCD#48BDCD

#48BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.105 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDCD
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -27.55, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 32.76, 212.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0931 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.105 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8849, 42.1772, 64.2064)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDCD #CD5848

analogous

#48CD9B #48BDCD #487BCD

triadic

#48BDCD #CD48BD #BDCD48

tetradic

#48BDCD #9B48CD #CD5848 #7BCD48

square

#48BDCD #9B48CD #CD5848 #7BCD48

split-complementary

#48BDCD #CD487B #CD9B48

monochromatic

#216F79 #2E9BA9 #48BDCD #78CEDA #A8E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#48BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDCD

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDCD	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.105 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1dc',
    500: '#48bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdcd;
$custom-light: #8ad1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.218,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73929,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDCD

secondary

#D5A39C

accent

#5A47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDCD

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

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