#48BFD1#48BFD1

#48BFD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.107 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFD1
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 209)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -27.36, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 33.20, 214.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0935 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.107 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8070, 43.2392, 66.9262)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFD1 #D15A48

analogous

#48D19E #48BFD1 #487BD1

triadic

#48BFD1 #D148BF #BFD148

tetradic

#48BFD1 #9E48D1 #D15A48 #7BD148

square

#48BFD1 #9E48D1 #D15A48 #7BD148

split-complementary

#48BFD1 #D1487B #D19E48

monochromatic

#20727F #2C9EB0 #48BFD1 #79D0DD #AAE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BFD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#48BFD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFD1

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFD1	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.107 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2df',
    500: '#48bfd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfd1;
$custom-light: #8bd2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.883,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74556,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFD1

secondary

#D7A59E

accent

#5A45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFD1

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

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