#48BFD4#48BFD4

#48BFD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.108 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFD4
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 212)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 9.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -26.46, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 33.35, 217.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0923 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.108 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1820, 43.3891, 68.9008)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFD4 #D45D48

analogous

#48D4A3 #48BFD4 #4879D4

triadic

#48BFD4 #D448BF #BFD448

tetradic

#48BFD4 #A348D4 #D45D48 #79D448

square

#48BFD4 #A348D4 #D45D48 #79D448

split-complementary

#48BFD4 #D44879 #D4A348

monochromatic

#1F7483 #2AA0B4 #48BFD4 #7AD0E0 #ABE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48BFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#48BFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFD4

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFD4	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.108 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2e1',
    500: '#48bfd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfd4;
$custom-light: #8bd2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74672,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFD4

secondary

#D9A89F

accent

#5B43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFD4

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

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