#48A9BC#48A9BC

#48A9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.094 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9BC
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -22.55, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 29.00, 218.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0791 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.094 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9338, 33.3818, 52.6438)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9BC #BC5B48

analogous

#48BC95 #48A9BC #486FBC

triadic

#48A9BC #BC48A9 #A9BC48

tetradic

#48A9BC #9548BC #BC5B48 #6FBC48

square

#48A9BC #9548BC #BC5B48 #6FBC48

split-complementary

#48A9BC #BC486F #BC9548

monochromatic

#255A65 #358292 #48A9BC #75BECC #A2D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48A9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#48A9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9BC

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9BC	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.094 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2d0',
    500: '#48a9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9bc;
$custom-light: #87c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.828,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68488,
    "c": 0.09387,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9BC

secondary

#CA9F96

accent

#6752D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9BC

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

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