#48BFC2#48BFC2

#48BFC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.105 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFC2
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 194)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -31.71, -11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 33.68, 199.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0998 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.105 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0366, 42.5310, 57.6021)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFC2 #C24B48

analogous

#48C288 #48BFC2 #4882C2

triadic

#48BFC2 #C248BF #BFC248

tetradic

#48BFC2 #8848C2 #C24B48 #82C248

square

#48BFC2 #8848C2 #C24B48 #82C248

split-complementary

#48BFC2 #C24882 #C28848

monochromatic

#246A6C #33979A #48BFC2 #76CFD1 #A4DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BFC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#48BFC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFC2

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFC2	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.105 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d4',
    500: '#48bfc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfc2;
$custom-light: #8ad2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74008,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFC2

secondary

#CE9A98

accent

#524EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFC2

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

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