#48BDD1#48BDD1

#48BDD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.107 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48BDD1
RGBrgb(72, 189, 209)
HSLhsl(189, 60%, 55%)
HSVhsv(189, 66%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(65.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(71.13, -26.36, -19.71)
CIE-LCHlch(71.13, 32.92, 216.78°)
OKLaboklab(74.08% -0.0915 -0.0547)
OKLCHoklch(74.08% 0.107 210.9)
XYZxyz(32.3739, 42.3728, 66.7818)
Luminance0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48BDD1 #D15C48
analogous
#48D1A0 #48BDD1 #4879D1
triadic
#48BDD1 #D148BD #BDD148
tetradic
#48BDD1 #A048D1 #D15C48 #79D148
square
#48BDD1 #A048D1 #D15C48 #79D148
split-complementary
#48BDD1 #D14879 #D1A048
monochromatic
#20717F #2C9CB0 #48BDD1 #79CFDD #AAE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#48BDD1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48
#48BDD1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDD1
9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48BDD1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48BDD11.002.229.489.48
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4821.001.001.00
##0000009.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACB7D2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99A8D1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48bdd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.107 210.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1df',
    500: '#48bdd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48bdd1;
$custom-light: #8bd1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48bdd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.759,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74081,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48BDD1
secondary
#D7A69E
accent
#5C45E3
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#48BDD1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva