#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
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 209)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -26.36, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 32.92, 216.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0915 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.107 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3739, 42.3728, 66.7818)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48BDD1	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48BDD1

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

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