#48AEBC#48AEBC

#48AEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.095 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEBC
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -25.09, -15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 29.74, 212.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0844 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.095 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8819, 35.2779, 52.9598)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEBC #BC5648

analogous

#48BC90 #48AEBC #4874BC

triadic

#48AEBC #BC48AE #AEBC48

tetradic

#48AEBC #9048BC #BC5648 #74BC48

square

#48AEBC #9048BC #BC5648 #74BC48

split-complementary

#48AEBC #BC4874 #BC9048

monochromatic

#255D65 #358692 #48AEBC #75C2CC #A2D6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#48AEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#48AEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEBC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEBC	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.095 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6d0',
    500: '#48aebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aebc;
$custom-light: #87c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.241,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6969,
    "c": 0.09531,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEBC

secondary

#CA9C96

accent

#6252D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEBC

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

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