#48A9BA#48A9BA

#48A9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.093 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9BA
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -23.15, -17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 28.85, 216.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0799 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.093 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7197, 33.2962, 51.5162)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9BA #BA5948

analogous

#48BA92 #48A9BA #4870BA

triadic

#48A9BA #BA48A9 #A9BA48

tetradic

#48A9BA #9248BA #BA5948 #70BA48

square

#48A9BA #9248BA #BA5948 #70BA48

split-complementary

#48A9BA #BA4870 #BA9248

monochromatic

#255962 #36828F #48A9BA #74BECB #A1D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48A9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#48A9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9BA

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9BA	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.093 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2ce',
    500: '#48a9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9ba;
$custom-light: #87c2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.947,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68409,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9BA

secondary

#C89D96

accent

#6653D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9BA

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

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