#48BFD6#48BFD6

#48BFD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.109 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFD6
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 214)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -25.86, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 33.49, 219.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0915 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.109 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4358, 43.4907, 70.2377)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFD6 #D65F48

analogous

#48D6A6 #48BFD6 #4878D6

triadic

#48BFD6 #D648BF #BFD648

tetradic

#48BFD6 #A648D6 #D65F48 #78D648

square

#48BFD6 #A648D6 #D65F48 #78D648

split-complementary

#48BFD6 #D64878 #D6A648

monochromatic

#1E7586 #29A1B8 #48BFD6 #7AD0E1 #ACE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48BFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#48BFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFD6

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFD6	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.109 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e2',
    500: '#48bfd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfd6;
$custom-light: #8cd2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.718,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74749,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFD6

secondary

#DAA9A0

accent

#5C41E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFD6

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

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