#48BDCF#48BDCF

#48BDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.106 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDCF
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -26.96, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 32.82, 214.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0923 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.106 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1278, 42.2744, 65.4860)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDCF #CF5A48

analogous

#48CF9E #48BDCF #487ACF

triadic

#48BDCF #CF48BD #BDCF48

tetradic

#48BDCF #9E48CF #CF5A48 #7ACF48

square

#48BDCF #9E48CF #CF5A48 #7ACF48

split-complementary

#48BDCF #CF487A #CF9E48

monochromatic

#21707C #2D9CAD #48BDCF #78CEDC #A9E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#48BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDCF

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDCF	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.106 209.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74005,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDCF

secondary

#D6A59D

accent

#5B46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDCF

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

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