#48BAC2#48BAC2

#48BAC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAC2
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 194)
HSL	hsl(184, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -29.29, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 32.29, 204.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0946 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.102 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9648, 40.3873, 57.2448)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAC2 #C25048

analogous

#48C28D #48BAC2 #487DC2

triadic

#48BAC2 #C248BA #BAC248

tetradic

#48BAC2 #8D48C2 #C25048 #7DC248

square

#48BAC2 #8D48C2 #C25048 #7DC248

split-complementary

#48BAC2 #C2487D #C28D48

monochromatic

#24676C #33939A #48BAC2 #76CBD1 #A4DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BAC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#48BAC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAC2

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAC2	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfd4',
    500: '#48bac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bac2;
$custom-light: #89cfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.934,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72803,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAC2

secondary

#CE9C98

accent

#574EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAC2

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

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