#48BDCE#48BDCE

#48BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.106 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDCE
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -27.26, -18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 32.79, 213.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0927 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.106 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0060, 42.2256, 64.8441)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDCE #CE5948

analogous

#48CE9C #48BDCE #487ACE

triadic

#48BDCE #CE48BD #BDCE48

tetradic

#48BDCE #9C48CE #CE5948 #7ACE48

square

#48BDCE #9C48CE #CE5948 #7ACE48

split-complementary

#48BDCE #CE487A #CE9C48

monochromatic

#216F7B #2E9BAB #48BDCE #78CEDB #A9E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#48BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDCE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDCE	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.106 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1dd',
    500: '#48bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdce;
$custom-light: #8bd1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.612,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73967,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDCE

secondary

#D5A49D

accent

#5A47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDCE

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

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