#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
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -27.25, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 32.16, 212.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0916 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.103 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7695, 40.7092, 61.4831)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##48BAC9	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48BAC9

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

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