#48BFC7#48BFC7

#48BFC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.105 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFC7
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 199)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -30.28, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 33.30, 204.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0976 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.105 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6076, 42.7594, 60.6094)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFC7 #C75048

analogous

#48C790 #48BFC7 #487FC7

triadic

#48BFC7 #C748BF #BFC748

tetradic

#48BFC7 #9048C7 #C75048 #7FC748

square

#48BFC7 #9048C7 #C75048 #7FC748

split-complementary

#48BFC7 #C7487F #C79048

monochromatic

#236D72 #319AA1 #48BFC7 #77CFD5 #A6E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BFC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#48BFC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFC7

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFC7	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.105 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d8',
    500: '#48bfc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfc7;
$custom-light: #8ad2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.78,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFC7

secondary

#D19D9A

accent

#544BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFC7

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

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