#48BEC2#48BEC2

#48BEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.104 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEC2
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -31.23, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 33.38, 200.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0987 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.104 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8193, 42.0963, 57.5297)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEC2 #C24C48

analogous

#48C289 #48BEC2 #4881C2

triadic

#48BEC2 #C248BE #BEC248

tetradic

#48BEC2 #8948C2 #C24C48 #81C248

square

#48BEC2 #8948C2 #C24C48 #81C248

split-complementary

#48BEC2 #C24881 #C28948

monochromatic

#24696C #33969A #48BEC2 #76CED1 #A4DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#48BEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEC2

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEC2	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.104 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d4',
    500: '#48bec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bec2;
$custom-light: #8ad2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.967,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73767,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEC2

secondary

#CE9A98

accent

#534EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEC2

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

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