#48AEC0#48AEC0

#48AEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.097 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEC0
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(189, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -23.90, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 29.91, 216.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0828 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.097 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3190, 35.4527, 55.2623)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEC0 #C05A48

analogous

#48C096 #48AEC0 #4872C0

triadic

#48AEC0 #C048AE #AEC048

tetradic

#48AEC0 #9648C0 #C05A48 #72C048

square

#48AEC0 #9648C0 #C05A48 #72C048

split-complementary

#48AEC0 #C04872 #C09648

monochromatic

#245F69 #348897 #48AEC0 #76C2D0 #A3D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#48AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#48AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEC0

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEC0	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.097 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d3',
    500: '#48aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aec0;
$custom-light: #88c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69844,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEC0

secondary

#CC9F98

accent

#644FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEC0

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

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