#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
RGBrgb(72, 169, 188)
HSLhsl(190, 46%, 51%)
HSVhsv(190, 62%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(61.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(64.47, -22.55, -18.23)
CIE-LCHlch(64.47, 29.00, 218.96°)
OKLaboklab(68.49% -0.0791 -0.0506)
OKLCHoklch(68.49% 0.094 212.6)
XYZxyz(25.9338, 33.3818, 52.6438)
Luminance0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##48A9BC1.002.747.687.68
#FFFFFF2.741.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6821.001.001.00
##0000007.6821.001.001.00

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

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#48A9BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva