#48AEBE#48AEBE

#48AEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.096 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEBE
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -24.50, -16.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 29.81, 214.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0836 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.096 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0989, 35.3647, 54.1031)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEBE #BE5848

analogous

#48BE93 #48AEBE #4873BE

triadic

#48AEBE #BE48AE #AEBE48

tetradic

#48AEBE #9348BE #BE5848 #73BE48

square

#48AEBE #9348BE #BE5848 #73BE48

split-complementary

#48AEBE #BE4873 #BE9348

monochromatic

#255E67 #358794 #48AEBE #75C2CE #A2D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#48AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#48AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEBE

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEBE	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.096 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d1',
    500: '#48aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aebe;
$custom-light: #88c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.136,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69767,
    "c": 0.09592,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEBE

secondary

#CB9E97

accent

#6351D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEBE

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

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