#48BEC3#48BEC3

#48BEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.104 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEC3
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 195)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -30.94, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 33.29, 201.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0983 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.104 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9320, 42.1414, 58.1231)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEC3 #C34D48

analogous

#48C38B #48BEC3 #4881C3

triadic

#48BEC3 #C348BE #BEC348

tetradic

#48BEC3 #8B48C3 #C34D48 #81C348

square

#48BEC3 #8B48C3 #C34D48 #81C348

split-complementary

#48BEC3 #C34881 #C38B48

monochromatic

#246A6D #33979B #48BEC3 #76CED2 #A4DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#48BEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEC3

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEC3	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.104 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d5',
    500: '#48bec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bec3;
$custom-light: #8ad2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.439,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEC3

secondary

#CE9B99

accent

#534EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEC3

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

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