#48A9BB#48A9BB

#48A9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.093 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9BB
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -22.85, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 28.92, 217.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.0795 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.093 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8264, 33.3388, 52.0780)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9BB #BB5A48

analogous

#48BB93 #48A9BB #486FBB

triadic

#48A9BB #BB48A9 #A9BB48

tetradic

#48A9BB #9348BB #BB5A48 #6FBB48

square

#48A9BB #9348BB #BB5A48 #6FBB48

split-complementary

#48A9BB #BB486F #BB9348

monochromatic

#255A64 #368290 #48A9BB #75BECC #A1D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48A9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#48A9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9BB

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9BB	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.093 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2cf',
    500: '#48a9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9bb;
$custom-light: #87c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.391,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68448,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9BB

secondary

#C99E96

accent

#6752D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9BB

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

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