#48CBDC#48CBDC

#48CBDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.114 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBDC
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 220)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -29.97, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 35.43, 212.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.1011 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.114 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9412, 49.2527, 75.2561)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBDC #DC5948

analogous

#48DCA3 #48CBDC #4881DC

triadic

#48CBDC #DC48CB #CBDC48

tetradic

#48CBDC #A348DC #DC5948 #81DC48

square

#48CBDC #A348DC #DC5948 #81DC48

split-complementary

#48CBDC #DC4881 #DCA348

monochromatic

#1B818E #25B0C2 #48CBDC #7BDAE6 #AFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#48CBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBDC

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBDC	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.114 207.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.892,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77814,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBDC

secondary

#DEA9A2

accent

#513DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBDC

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

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