#48ACBC#48ACBC

#48ACBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.095 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACBC
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -24.08, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 29.40, 215.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0823 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.095 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4983, 34.5108, 52.8320)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACBC #BC5848

analogous

#48BC92 #48ACBC #4872BC

triadic

#48ACBC #BC48AC #ACBC48

tetradic

#48ACBC #9248BC #BC5848 #72BC48

square

#48ACBC #9248BC #BC5848 #72BC48

split-complementary

#48ACBC #BC4872 #BC9248

monochromatic

#255C65 #358592 #48ACBC #75C0CC #A2D5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#48ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACBC

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACBC	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.095 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c5d0',
    500: '#48acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acbc;
$custom-light: #87c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69209,
    "c": 0.09464,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACBC

secondary

#CA9D96

accent

#6452D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACBC

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

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