#48A8BB#48A8BB

#48A8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.093 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8BB
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -22.34, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 28.80, 219.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0784 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.093 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6411, 32.9682, 52.0163)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8BB #BB5B48

analogous

#48BB94 #48A8BB #486EBB

triadic

#48A8BB #BB48A8 #A8BB48

tetradic

#48A8BB #9448BB #BB5B48 #6EBB48

square

#48A8BB #9448BB #BB5B48 #6EBB48

split-complementary

#48A8BB #BB486E #BB9448

monochromatic

#255964 #368190 #48A8BB #75BDCC #A1D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#48A8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#48A8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8BB

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8BB	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.093 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2cf',
    500: '#48a8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8bb;
$custom-light: #87c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.913,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68208,
    "c": 0.09323,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8BB

secondary

#C99E96

accent

#6852D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8BB

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

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