#48BEC8#48BEC8

#48BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.105 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEC8
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -29.50, -14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 33.01, 206.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0962 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.105 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5068, 42.3713, 61.1504)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEC8 #C85248

analogous

#48C892 #48BEC8 #487EC8

triadic

#48BEC8 #C848BE #BEC848

tetradic

#48BEC8 #9248C8 #C85248 #7EC848

square

#48BEC8 #9248C8 #C85248 #7EC848

split-complementary

#48BEC8 #C8487E #C89248

monochromatic

#236D73 #3199A2 #48BEC8 #77CFD6 #A6DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#48BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEC8

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEC8	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.105 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d8',
    500: '#48bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bec8;
$custom-light: #8ad2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.688,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73982,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEC8

secondary

#D19F9A

accent

#564BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEC8

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

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