#48BAC9#48BAC9

#48BAC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48BAC9
RGBrgb(72, 186, 201)
HSLhsl(187, 54%, 54%)
HSVhsv(187, 64%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(64.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.97, -27.25, -17.08)
CIE-LCHlch(69.97, 32.16, 212.08°)
OKLaboklab(73.06% -0.0916 -0.0474)
OKLCHoklch(73.06% 0.103 207.3)
XYZxyz(30.7695, 40.7092, 61.4831)
Luminance0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48BAC9 #C95748
analogous
#48C997 #48BAC9 #4879C9
triadic
#48BAC9 #C948BA #BAC948
tetradic
#48BAC9 #9748C9 #C95748 #79C948
square
#48BAC9 #9748C9 #C95748 #79C948
split-complementary
#48BAC9 #C94879 #C99748
monochromatic
#226B74 #3096A4 #48BAC9 #77CCD7 #A7DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#48BAC9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14
#48BAC9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAC9
9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48BAC9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48BAC91.002.309.149.14
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1421.001.001.00
##0000009.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABB3CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98A5C9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48bac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 207.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfd9',
    500: '#48bac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48bac9;
$custom-light: #8acfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48bac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.977,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73062,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48BAC9
secondary
#D2A19B
accent
#5B4ADE
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0D1414
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#48BAC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva