#48BED4#48BED4

#48BED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.108 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BED4
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -25.96, -20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 33.23, 218.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0913 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.108 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9646, 42.9545, 68.8283)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BED4 #D45E48

analogous

#48D4A4 #48BED4 #4878D4

triadic

#48BED4 #D448BE #BED448

tetradic

#48BED4 #A448D4 #D45E48 #78D448

square

#48BED4 #A448D4 #D45E48 #78D448

split-complementary

#48BED4 #D44878 #D4A448

monochromatic

#1F7383 #2A9FB4 #48BED4 #7AD0E0 #ABE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#48BED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BED4

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BED4	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.108 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2e1',
    500: '#48bed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bed4;
$custom-light: #8bd2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74435,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BED4

secondary

#D9A89F

accent

#5C43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BED4

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

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