#48BEBC#48BEBC

#48BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEBC
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -32.91, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 34.06, 194.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.1013 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.104 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1590, 41.8322, 54.0522)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEBC #BE484A

analogous

#48BE81 #48BEBC #4885BE

triadic

#48BEBC #BC48BE #BEBC48

tetradic

#48BEBC #8148BE #BE484A #85BE48

square

#48BEBC #8148BE #BE484A #85BE48

split-complementary

#48BEBC #BE4885 #BE8148

monochromatic

#256766 #359493 #48BEBC #75CECD #A2DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#48BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEBC

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEBC	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d0',
    500: '#48bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bebc;
$custom-light: #89d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73559,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEBC

secondary

#CB9798

accent

#5153D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEBC

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

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