#48BEBE#48BEBE

#48BEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEBE
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -32.35, -9.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 33.80, 196.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.1004 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.104 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3761, 41.9191, 55.1955)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEBE #BE4848

analogous

#48BE83 #48BEBE #4883BE

triadic

#48BEBE #BE48BE #BEBE48

tetradic

#48BEBE #8348BE #BE4848 #83BE48

square

#48BEBE #8348BE #BE4848 #83BE48

split-complementary

#48BEBE #BE4883 #BE8348

monochromatic

#256767 #359494 #48BEBE #75CECE #A2DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#48BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEBE

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEBE	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)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d1',
    500: '#48bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bebe;
$custom-light: #89d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73627,
    "c": 0.10406,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEBE

secondary

#CB9797

accent

#5151D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEBE

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

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