#48BFD2#48BFD2

#48BFD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.107 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFD2
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 210)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -27.06, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 33.24, 215.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0931 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.107 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9312, 43.2888, 67.5803)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFD2 #D25B48

analogous

#48D2A0 #48BFD2 #487AD2

triadic

#48BFD2 #D248BF #BFD248

tetradic

#48BFD2 #A048D2 #D25B48 #7AD248

square

#48BFD2 #A048D2 #D25B48 #7AD248

split-complementary

#48BFD2 #D2487A #D2A048

monochromatic

#207380 #2C9FB1 #48BFD2 #79D0DE #AAE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48BFD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#48BFD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFD2

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFD2	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.107 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2df',
    500: '#48bfd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfd2;
$custom-light: #8bd2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.261,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74595,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFD2

secondary

#D8A69E

accent

#5A44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFD2

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

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