#48BEC7#48BEC7

#48BEC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEC7
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 199)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 4.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -29.79, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 33.05, 205.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0966 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.104 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3903, 42.3247, 60.5369)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEC7 #C75148

analogous

#48C790 #48BEC7 #487EC7

triadic

#48BEC7 #C748BE #BEC748

tetradic

#48BEC7 #9048C7 #C75148 #7EC748

square

#48BEC7 #9048C7 #C75148 #7EC748

split-complementary

#48BEC7 #C7487E #C79048

monochromatic

#236C72 #3199A1 #48BEC7 #77CFD5 #A6DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#48BEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEC7

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEC7	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d8',
    500: '#48bec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bec7;
$custom-light: #8ad2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.252,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73946,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEC7

secondary

#D19E9A

accent

#564BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEC7

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

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