#48BFC8#48BFC8

#48BFC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.105 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFC8
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 4.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -29.99, -14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 33.25, 205.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0972 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.105 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7241, 42.8060, 61.2228)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFC8 #C85148

analogous

#48C891 #48BFC8 #487FC8

triadic

#48BFC8 #C848BF #BFC848

tetradic

#48BFC8 #9148C8 #C85148 #7FC848

square

#48BFC8 #9148C8 #C85148 #7FC848

split-complementary

#48BFC8 #C8487F #C89148

monochromatic

#236D73 #319AA2 #48BFC8 #77CFD6 #A6E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#48BFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFC8

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFC8	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.105 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d8',
    500: '#48bfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfc8;
$custom-light: #8ad2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.219,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74222,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFC8

secondary

#D19E9A

accent

#554BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFC8

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

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