#48BEC4#48BEC4

#48BEC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.104 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEC4
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -30.66, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 33.22, 202.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0979 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.104 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0454, 42.1868, 58.7206)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEC4 #C44E48

analogous

#48C48C #48BEC4 #4880C4

triadic

#48BEC4 #C448BE #BEC448

tetradic

#48BEC4 #8C48C4 #C44E48 #80C448

square

#48BEC4 #8C48C4 #C44E48 #80C448

split-complementary

#48BEC4 #C44880 #C48C48

monochromatic

#236A6E #32979C #48BEC4 #76CED3 #A5DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#48BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEC4

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEC4	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.104 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d5',
    500: '#48bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bec4;
$custom-light: #8ad2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.903,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73838,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEC4

secondary

#CF9C99

accent

#544DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEC4

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

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