#48BEBD#48BEBD

#48BEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEBD
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -32.63, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 33.93, 195.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.1009 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.104 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2672, 41.8755, 54.6219)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEBD #BE4849

analogous

#48BE82 #48BEBD #4884BE

triadic

#48BEBD #BD48BE #BEBD48

tetradic

#48BEBD #8248BE #BE4849 #84BE48

square

#48BEBD #8248BE #BE4849 #84BE48

split-complementary

#48BEBD #BE4884 #BE8248

monochromatic

#256766 #359493 #48BEBD #75CECD #A2DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#48BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEBD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEBD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 194.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.492,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.10412,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEBD

secondary

#CB9797

accent

#5152D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEBD

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

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