#48BFCD#48BFCD

#48BFCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.106 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFCD
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -28.54, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 33.13, 210.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0951 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.106 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3180, 43.0436, 64.3508)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFCD #CD5648

analogous

#48CD99 #48BFCD #487DCD

triadic

#48BFCD #CD48BF #BFCD48

tetradic

#48BFCD #9948CD #CD5648 #7DCD48

square

#48BFCD #9948CD #CD5648 #7DCD48

split-complementary

#48BFCD #CD487D #CD9948

monochromatic

#217079 #2E9DA9 #48BFCD #78D0DA #A8E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#48BFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFCD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFCD	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.106 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2dc',
    500: '#48bfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfcd;
$custom-light: #8bd2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74406,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFCD

secondary

#D5A29C

accent

#5847E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFCD

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

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