#48BAC7#48BAC7

#48BAC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAC7
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 199)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -27.84, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 32.15, 210.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0925 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.103 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5358, 40.6157, 60.2521)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAC7 #C75548

analogous

#48C794 #48BAC7 #487AC7

triadic

#48BAC7 #C748BA #BAC748

tetradic

#48BAC7 #9448C7 #C75548 #7AC748

square

#48BAC7 #9448C7 #C75548 #7AC748

split-complementary

#48BAC7 #C7487A #C79448

monochromatic

#236A72 #3195A1 #48BAC7 #77CCD5 #A6DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BAC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#48BAC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAC7

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAC7	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfd8',
    500: '#48bac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bac7;
$custom-light: #8acfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.142,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72987,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAC7

secondary

#D1A09A

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAC7

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

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