#48BFCC#48BFCC

#48BFCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.106 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFCC
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 6.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -28.83, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 33.13, 209.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0956 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.106 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1977, 42.9954, 63.7171)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFCC #CC5548

analogous

#48CC97 #48BFCC #487DCC

triadic

#48BFCC #CC48BF #BFCC48

tetradic

#48BFCC #9748CC #CC5548 #7DCC48

square

#48BFCC #9748CC #CC5548 #7DCC48

split-complementary

#48BFCC #CC487D #CC9748

monochromatic

#217078 #2F9CA8 #48BFCC #78D0D9 #A8E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#48BFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFCC

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFCC	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.106 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2db',
    500: '#48bfcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfcc;
$custom-light: #8bd2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74369,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFCC

secondary

#D4A19C

accent

#5748E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFCC

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

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