#48BECD#48BECD

#48BECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.106 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BECD
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -28.04, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 32.94, 211.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0941 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.106 207)
XYZ	xyz(32.1007, 42.6089, 64.2783)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BECD #CD5748

analogous

#48CD9A #48BECD #487CCD

triadic

#48BECD #CD48BE #BECD48

tetradic

#48BECD #9A48CD #CD5748 #7CCD48

square

#48BECD #9A48CD #CD5748 #7CCD48

split-complementary

#48BECD #CD487C #CD9A48

monochromatic

#216F79 #2E9CA9 #48BECD #78CFDA #A8E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#48BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BECD

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BECD	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.106 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2dc',
    500: '#48becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48becd;
$custom-light: #8bd2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.767,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74167,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.42612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BECD

secondary

#D5A39C

accent

#5947E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BECD

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

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