#48ABB0#48ABB0

#48ABB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.092 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABB0
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 176)
HSL	hsl(183, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 2.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -27.07, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 29.31, 202.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0862 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.092 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0685, 33.6356, 46.2371)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABB0 #B04D48

analogous

#48B081 #48ABB0 #4877B0

triadic

#48ABB0 #B048AB #ABB048

tetradic

#48ABB0 #8148B0 #B04D48 #77B048

square

#48ABB0 #8148B0 #B04D48 #77B048

split-complementary

#48ABB0 #B04877 #B08148

monochromatic

#245759 #368185 #48ABB0 #70C1C5 #9CD4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48ABB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#48ABB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABB0

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABB0	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F98B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.092 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4c7',
    500: '#48abb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abb0;
$custom-light: #86c4c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.885,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68519,
    "c": 0.09168,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABB0

secondary

#C39391

accent

#5C56D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABB0

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

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