#48AABC#48AABC

#48AABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.094 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AABC
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -23.06, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 29.12, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0801 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.094 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1206, 33.7553, 52.7060)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AABC #BC5A48

analogous

#48BC94 #48AABC #4870BC

triadic

#48AABC #BC48AA #AABC48

tetradic

#48AABC #9448BC #BC5A48 #70BC48

square

#48AABC #9448BC #BC5A48 #70BC48

split-complementary

#48AABC #BC4870 #BC9448

monochromatic

#255B65 #358392 #48AABC #75BFCC #A2D4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#48AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AABC

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AABC	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.094 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3d0',
    500: '#48aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aabc;
$custom-light: #87c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.31,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68728,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AABC

secondary

#CA9E96

accent

#6652D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AABC

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

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