#48BFC5#48BFC5

#48BFC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48BFC5
RGBrgb(72, 191, 197)
HSLhsl(183, 52%, 53%)
HSVhsv(183, 63%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(63.5%, 3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.33, -30.85, -12.85)
CIE-LCHlch(71.33, 33.42, 202.61°)
OKLaboklab(74.11% -0.0985 -0.0356)
OKLCHoklch(74.11% 0.105 199.9)
XYZxyz(31.3770, 42.6671, 59.3945)
Luminance0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48BFC5 #C54E48
analogous
#48C58C #48BFC5 #4880C5
triadic
#48BFC5 #C548BF #BFC548
tetradic
#48BFC5 #8C48C5 #C54E48 #80C548
square
#48BFC5 #8C48C5 #C54E48 #80C548
split-complementary
#48BFC5 #C54880 #C58C48
monochromatic
#236C6F #32999E #48BFC5 #76CFD4 #A5E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#48BFC5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53
#48BFC5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFC5
9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48BFC5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48BFC51.002.209.539.53
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5321.001.001.00
##0000009.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2B7C6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FA9C6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48bfc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 199.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d6',
    500: '#48bfc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48bfc5;
$custom-light: #8ad2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48bfc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.88,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74114,
    "c": 0.10473,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48BFC5
secondary
#CF9C99
accent
#534CDB
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0D1414
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFC5

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#48BFC5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva