#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
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -30.85, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 33.42, 202.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0985 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.105 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3770, 42.6671, 59.3945)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48BFC5	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)

#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

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

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