#48BED1#48BED1

#48BED1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.107 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BED1
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 209)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -26.86, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 33.05, 215.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0925 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.107 210)
XYZ	xyz(32.5897, 42.8045, 66.8538)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BED1 #D15B48

analogous

#48D19F #48BED1 #487AD1

triadic

#48BED1 #D148BE #BED148

tetradic

#48BED1 #9F48D1 #D15B48 #7AD148

square

#48BED1 #9F48D1 #D15B48 #7AD148

split-complementary

#48BED1 #D1487A #D19F48

monochromatic

#20727F #2C9DB0 #48BED1 #79CFDD #AAE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#48BED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BED1

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BED1	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.107 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2df',
    500: '#48bed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bed1;
$custom-light: #8bd2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.321,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74319,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.42808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BED1

secondary

#D7A69E

accent

#5B45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BED1

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

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