#48BFCB#48BFCB

#48BFCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.106 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFCB
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -29.12, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 33.15, 208.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.096 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.106 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0782, 42.9476, 63.0875)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFCB #CB5448

analogous

#48CB96 #48BFCB #487ECB

triadic

#48BFCB #CB48BF #BFCB48

tetradic

#48BFCB #9648CB #CB5448 #7ECB48

square

#48BFCB #9648CB #CB5448 #7ECB48

split-complementary

#48BFCB #CB487E #CB9648

monochromatic

#226F77 #2F9CA6 #48BFCB #78D0D9 #A7E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#48BFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFCB

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFCB	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.106 204.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.496,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74332,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFCB

secondary

#D3A19B

accent

#5749DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFCB

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

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