#48AEC2#48AEC2

#48AEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.097 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEC2
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(190, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -23.31, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 30.06, 219.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.082 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.097 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5421, 35.5420, 56.4373)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEC2 #C25C48

analogous

#48C299 #48AEC2 #4871C2

triadic

#48AEC2 #C248AE #AEC248

tetradic

#48AEC2 #9948C2 #C25C48 #71C248

square

#48AEC2 #9948C2 #C25C48 #71C248

split-complementary

#48AEC2 #C24871 #C29948

monochromatic

#24606C #33899A #48AEC2 #76C2D1 #A4D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#48AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#48AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEC2

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEC2	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.097 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d4',
    500: '#48aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aec2;
$custom-light: #88c6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.836,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69922,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEC2

secondary

#CEA198

accent

#654EDA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEC2

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

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