#48BFCE#48BFCE

#48BFCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.106 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFCE
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -28.24, -17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 33.13, 211.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0947 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.106 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4391, 43.0920, 64.9885)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFCE #CE5748

analogous

#48CE9A #48BFCE #487CCE

triadic

#48BFCE #CE48BF #BFCE48

tetradic

#48BFCE #9A48CE #CE5748 #7CCE48

square

#48BFCE #9A48CE #CE5748 #7CCE48

split-complementary

#48BFCE #CE487C #CE9A48

monochromatic

#21717B #2E9DAB #48BFCE #78D0DB #A9E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#48BFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFCE

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFCE	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.106 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2dd',
    500: '#48bfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfce;
$custom-light: #8bd2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.716,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74443,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFCE

secondary

#D5A39D

accent

#5847E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFCE

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

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