#48BFD0#48BFD0

#48BFD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.107 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFD0
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -27.65, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 33.17, 213.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0939 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.107 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6836, 43.1898, 66.2762)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFD0 #D05948

analogous

#48D09D #48BFD0 #487BD0

triadic

#48BFD0 #D048BF #BFD048

tetradic

#48BFD0 #9D48D0 #D05948 #7BD048

square

#48BFD0 #9D48D0 #D05948 #7BD048

split-complementary

#48BFD0 #D0487B #D09D48

monochromatic

#20727D #2D9EAE #48BFD0 #79D0DD #A9E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BFD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#48BFD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFD0

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFD0	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.107 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2de',
    500: '#48bfd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfd0;
$custom-light: #8bd2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74518,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFD0

secondary

#D7A49D

accent

#5945E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFD0

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

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