#48AEBD#48AEBD

#48AEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.096 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEBD
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -24.80, -16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 29.77, 213.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.084 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.096 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9900, 35.3211, 53.5295)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEBD #BD5748

analogous

#48BD91 #48AEBD #4873BD

triadic

#48AEBD #BD48AE #AEBD48

tetradic

#48AEBD #9148BD #BD5748 #73BD48

square

#48AEBD #9148BD #BD5748 #73BD48

split-complementary

#48AEBD #BD4873 #BD9148

monochromatic

#255E66 #358793 #48AEBD #75C2CD #A2D6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#48AEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#48AEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEBD

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEBD	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.096 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d0',
    500: '#48aebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aebd;
$custom-light: #88c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69728,
    "c": 0.09561,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEBD

secondary

#CA9D97

accent

#6251D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEBD

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

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