#48BDD3#48BDD3

#48BDD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.107 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDD3
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 211)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -25.76, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 33.05, 218.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0907 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.107 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6230, 42.4725, 68.0941)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDD3 #D35E48

analogous

#48D3A3 #48BDD3 #4878D3

triadic

#48BDD3 #D348BD #BDD348

tetradic

#48BDD3 #A348D3 #D35E48 #78D348

square

#48BDD3 #A348D3 #D35E48 #78D348

split-complementary

#48BDD3 #D34878 #D3A348

monochromatic

#1F7281 #2B9DB3 #48BDD3 #79CFDF #ABE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#48BDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDD3

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDD3	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.107 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1e0',
    500: '#48bdd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdd3;
$custom-light: #8bd1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.496,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74159,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDD3

secondary

#D8A89E

accent

#5D43E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDD3

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

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