#48BFC6#48BFC6

#48BFC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.105 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFC6
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 198)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -30.57, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 33.35, 203.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0981 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.105 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4919, 42.7131, 59.9999)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFC6 #C64F48

analogous

#48C68E #48BFC6 #4880C6

triadic

#48BFC6 #C648BF #BFC648

tetradic

#48BFC6 #8E48C6 #C64F48 #80C648

square

#48BFC6 #8E48C6 #C64F48 #80C648

split-complementary

#48BFC6 #C64880 #C68E48

monochromatic

#236C71 #32999F #48BFC6 #77CFD5 #A5E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BFC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#48BFC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFC6

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFC6	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B7C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.105 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d7',
    500: '#48bfc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfc6;
$custom-light: #8ad2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7415,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFC6

secondary

#D09D9A

accent

#544CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFC6

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

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