#48BED0#48BED0

#48BED0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.107 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BED0
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -27.16, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 33.01, 214.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0929 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.107 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4663, 42.7551, 66.2038)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BED0 #D05A48

analogous

#48D09E #48BED0 #487AD0

triadic

#48BED0 #D048BE #BED048

tetradic

#48BED0 #9E48D0 #D05A48 #7AD048

square

#48BED0 #9E48D0 #D05A48 #7AD048

split-complementary

#48BED0 #D0487A #D09E48

monochromatic

#20717D #2D9DAE #48BED0 #79CFDD #A9E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#48BED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BED0

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BED0	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.107 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2de',
    500: '#48bed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bed0;
$custom-light: #8bd2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.941,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74281,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BED0

secondary

#D7A59D

accent

#5A45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BED0

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

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