#48ABB3#48ABB3

#48ABB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.092 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABB3
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 179)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 4.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -26.21, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 29.16, 205.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.085 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.092 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3687, 33.7556, 47.8176)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABB3 #B35048

analogous

#48B386 #48ABB3 #4876B3

triadic

#48ABB3 #B348AB #ABB348

tetradic

#48ABB3 #8648B3 #B35048 #76B348

square

#48ABB3 #8648B3 #B35048 #76B348

split-complementary

#48ABB3 #B34876 #B38648

monochromatic

#25585C #368187 #48ABB3 #72C0C6 #9ED3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48ABB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#48ABB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABB3

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABB3	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)

#9FA4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E98B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.092 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4c9',
    500: '#48abb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abb3;
$custom-light: #86c4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.486,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68629,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABB3

secondary

#C49692

accent

#5F55D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABB3

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

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