#48BFC4#48BFC4

#48BFC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFC4
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 196)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -31.14, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 33.50, 201.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0989 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.105 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2628, 42.6214, 58.7930)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFC4 #C44D48

analogous

#48C48B #48BFC4 #4881C4

triadic

#48BFC4 #C448BF #BFC448

tetradic

#48BFC4 #8B48C4 #C44D48 #81C448

square

#48BFC4 #8B48C4 #C44D48 #81C448

split-complementary

#48BFC4 #C44881 #C48B48

monochromatic

#236B6E #32989C #48BFC4 #76CFD3 #A5DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BFC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#48BFC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFC4

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFC4	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d5',
    500: '#48bfc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfc4;
$custom-light: #8ad2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.419,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74078,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFC4

secondary

#CF9B99

accent

#534DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFC4

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

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