#48BECC#48BECC

#48BECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BECC
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -28.34, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 32.94, 210.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0945 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.105 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9804, 42.5608, 63.6447)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BECC #CC5648

analogous

#48CC98 #48BECC #487CCC

triadic

#48BECC #CC48BE #BECC48

tetradic

#48BECC #9848CC #CC5648 #7CCC48

square

#48BECC #9848CC #CC5648 #7CCC48

split-complementary

#48BECC #CC487C #CC9848

monochromatic

#216F78 #2F9BA8 #48BECC #78CFD9 #A8E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#48BECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BECC

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BECC	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48becc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2db',
    500: '#48becc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48becc;
$custom-light: #8ad2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48becc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.364,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7413,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BECC

secondary

#D4A29C

accent

#5848E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BECC

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

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