#48BFCA#48BFCA

#48BFCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.105 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFCA
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -29.41, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 33.17, 207.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0964 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.105 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9594, 42.9001, 62.4619)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFCA #CA5348

analogous

#48CA94 #48BFCA #487ECA

triadic

#48BFCA #CA48BF #BFCA48

tetradic

#48BFCA #9448CA #CA5348 #7ECA48

square

#48BFCA #9448CA #CA5348 #7ECA48

split-complementary

#48BFCA #CA487E #CA9448

monochromatic

#226E76 #309BA5 #48BFCA #77D0D8 #A7E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BFCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#48BFCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFCA

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFCA	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.105 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2da',
    500: '#48bfca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfca;
$custom-light: #8ad2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.077,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74295,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFCA

secondary

#D3A09B

accent

#5649DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFCA

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

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