#48BED5#48BED5

#48BED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.108 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BED5
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -25.66, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 33.31, 219.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0909 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.108 213)
XYZ	xyz(33.0912, 43.0051, 69.4947)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BED5 #D55F48

analogous

#48D5A5 #48BED5 #4877D5

triadic

#48BED5 #D548BE #BED548

tetradic

#48BED5 #A548D5 #D55F48 #77D548

square

#48BED5 #A548D5 #D55F48 #77D548

split-complementary

#48BED5 #D54877 #D5A548

monochromatic

#1E7484 #2A9FB6 #48BED5 #7AD0E0 #ACE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#48BED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BED5

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BED5	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.108 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2e2',
    500: '#48bed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bed5;
$custom-light: #8bd2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.787,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74474,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.43009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BED5

secondary

#DAA99F

accent

#5D42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BED5

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

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