#48BEC1#48BEC1

#48BEC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.104 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEC1
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 193)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -31.51, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 33.47, 199.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0991 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.104 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7074, 42.0516, 56.9402)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEC1 #C14B48

analogous

#48C188 #48BEC1 #4881C1

triadic

#48BEC1 #C148BE #BEC148

tetradic

#48BEC1 #8848C1 #C14B48 #81C148

square

#48BEC1 #8848C1 #C14B48 #81C148

split-complementary

#48BEC1 #C14881 #C18848

monochromatic

#24696B #349698 #48BEC1 #76CED0 #A3DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#48BEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEC1

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEC1	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.104 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d3',
    500: '#48bec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bec1;
$custom-light: #89d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73732,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEC1

secondary

#CD9998

accent

#524FD9

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEC1

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

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