#48BACE#48BACE

#48BACE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BACE
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -25.76, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 32.35, 217.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0896 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.105 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3673, 40.9483, 64.6313)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BACE #CE5C48

analogous

#48CE9F #48BACE #4877CE

triadic

#48BACE #CE48BA #BACE48

tetradic

#48BACE #9F48CE #CE5C48 #77CE48

square

#48BACE #9F48CE #CE5C48 #77CE48

split-complementary

#48BACE #CE4877 #CE9F48

monochromatic

#216D7B #2E98AB #48BACE #78CCDB #A9DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#48BACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BACE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BACE	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfdd',
    500: '#48bace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bace;
$custom-light: #8acfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.955,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73253,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BACE

secondary

#D5A59D

accent

#5E47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BACE

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

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