#48BECB#48BECB

#48BECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BECB
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -28.63, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 32.94, 209.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.095 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.105 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8608, 42.5129, 63.0150)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BECB #CB5548

analogous

#48CB97 #48BECB #487DCB

triadic

#48BECB #CB48BE #BECB48

tetradic

#48BECB #9748CB #CB5548 #7DCB48

square

#48BECB #9748CB #CB5548 #7DCB48

split-complementary

#48BECB #CB487D #CB9748

monochromatic

#226E77 #2F9BA6 #48BECB #78CFD9 #A7E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#48BECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BECB

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BECB	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48becb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2da',
    500: '#48becb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48becb;
$custom-light: #8ad2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48becb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.954,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74093,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BECB

secondary

#D3A19B

accent

#5849DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BECB

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

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