#48BEC0#48BEC0

#48BEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.104 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEC0
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -31.79, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 33.57, 198.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0996 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.104 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5962, 42.0071, 56.3547)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEC0 #C04A48

analogous

#48C086 #48BEC0 #4882C0

triadic

#48BEC0 #C048BE #BEC048

tetradic

#48BEC0 #8648C0 #C04A48 #82C048

square

#48BEC0 #8648C0 #C04A48 #82C048

split-complementary

#48BEC0 #C04882 #C08648

monochromatic

#246869 #349597 #48BEC0 #76CED0 #A3DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#48BEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEC0

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEC0	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.104 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d3',
    500: '#48bec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bec0;
$custom-light: #89d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73697,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEC0

secondary

#CC9898

accent

#524FD8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEC0

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

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