#48BECE#48BECE

#48BECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.106 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BECE
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -27.75, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 32.95, 212.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0937 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.106 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2218, 42.6573, 64.9161)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BECE #CE5848

analogous

#48CE9B #48BECE #487BCE

triadic

#48BECE #CE48BE #BECE48

tetradic

#48BECE #9B48CE #CE5848 #7BCE48

square

#48BECE #9B48CE #CE5848 #7BCE48

split-complementary

#48BECE #CE487B #CE9B48

monochromatic

#21707B #2E9CAB #48BECE #78CFDB #A9E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#48BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BECE

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BECE	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.106 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2dd',
    500: '#48bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bece;
$custom-light: #8bd2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.164,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74205,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BECE

secondary

#D5A39D

accent

#5947E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BECE

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

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