#48BEC5#48BEC5

#48BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEC5
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -30.37, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 33.15, 203.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0974 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.104 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1596, 42.2325, 59.3220)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEC5 #C54F48

analogous

#48C58D #48BEC5 #487FC5

triadic

#48BEC5 #C548BE #BEC548

tetradic

#48BEC5 #8D48C5 #C54F48 #7FC548

square

#48BEC5 #8D48C5 #C54F48 #7FC548

split-complementary

#48BEC5 #C5487F #C58D48

monochromatic

#236B6F #32989E #48BEC5 #76CFD4 #A5DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#48BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEC5

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEC5	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d6',
    500: '#48bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bec5;
$custom-light: #8ad2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.36,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73874,
    "c": 0.10418,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEC5

secondary

#CF9C99

accent

#544CDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEC5

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

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