#48BFD5#48BFD5

#48BFD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.109 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFD5
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 213)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -26.16, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 33.41, 218.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0919 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.109 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3085, 43.4397, 69.5672)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFD5 #D55E48

analogous

#48D5A5 #48BFD5 #4878D5

triadic

#48BFD5 #D548BF #BFD548

tetradic

#48BFD5 #A548D5 #D55E48 #78D548

square

#48BFD5 #A548D5 #D55E48 #78D548

split-complementary

#48BFD5 #D54878 #D5A548

monochromatic

#1E7484 #2AA0B6 #48BFD5 #7AD0E0 #ACE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48BFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#48BFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFD5

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFD5	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.109 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2e2',
    500: '#48bfd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfd5;
$custom-light: #8bd2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.362,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7471,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFD5

secondary

#DAA89F

accent

#5C42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFD5

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

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