#48CBDB#48CBDB

#48CBDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.114 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBDB
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -30.27, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 35.42, 211.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.1015 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.114 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8091, 49.1999, 74.5607)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBDB #DB5848

analogous

#48DBA2 #48CBDB #4881DB

triadic

#48CBDB #DB48CB #CBDB48

tetradic

#48CBDB #A248DB #DB5848 #81DB48

square

#48CBDB #A248DB #DB5848 #81DB48

split-complementary

#48CBDB #DB4881 #DBA248

monochromatic

#1C818D #26AFC0 #48CBDB #7BDAE5 #AEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#48CBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBDB

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBDB	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.114 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbe6',
    500: '#48cbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbdb;
$custom-light: #8ddbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.531,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77777,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBDB

secondary

#DDA8A2

accent

#513EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBDB

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

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