#48BFCF#48BFCF

#48BFCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.107 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFCF
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 207)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -27.95, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 33.15, 212.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0943 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.107 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5610, 43.1407, 65.6304)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFCF #CF5848

analogous

#48CF9C #48BFCF #487CCF

triadic

#48BFCF #CF48BF #BFCF48

tetradic

#48BFCF #9C48CF #CF5848 #7CCF48

square

#48BFCF #9C48CF #CF5848 #7CCF48

split-complementary

#48BFCF #CF487C #CF9C48

monochromatic

#21717C #2D9DAD #48BFCF #78D0DC #A9E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#48BFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFCF

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFCF	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.107 207.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.111,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74481,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFCF

secondary

#D6A49D

accent

#5946E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFCF

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

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