#48BED3#48BED3

#48BED3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.108 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BED3
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 211)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 10%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -26.26, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 33.16, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0917 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.108 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8389, 42.9042, 68.1660)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BED3 #D35D48

analogous

#48D3A3 #48BED3 #4878D3

triadic

#48BED3 #D348BE #BED348

tetradic

#48BED3 #A348D3 #D35D48 #78D348

square

#48BED3 #A348D3 #D35D48 #78D348

split-complementary

#48BED3 #D34878 #D3A348

monochromatic

#1F7381 #2B9EB3 #48BED3 #79D0DF #ABE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#48BED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BED3

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BED3	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.108 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2e0',
    500: '#48bed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bed3;
$custom-light: #8bd2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.065,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74396,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BED3

secondary

#D8A79E

accent

#5C43E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BED3

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

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