#48BECF#48BECF

#48BECF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.106 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BECF
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -27.45, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 32.98, 213.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0933 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.106 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3437, 42.7061, 65.5579)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BECF #CF5948

analogous

#48CF9D #48BECF #487ACF

triadic

#48BECF #CF48BE #BECF48

tetradic

#48BECF #9D48CF #CF5948 #7ACF48

square

#48BECF #9D48CF #CF5948 #7ACF48

split-complementary

#48BECF #CF487A #CF9D48

monochromatic

#21717C #2D9DAD #48BECF #78CFDC #A9E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#48BECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BECF

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BECF	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48becf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.106 208.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48becf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.556,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74243,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BECF

secondary

#D6A49D

accent

#5A46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BECF

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

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