#48ABB4#48ABB4

#48ABB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.092 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABB4
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 5%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -25.92, -13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 29.12, 207.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0845 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.092 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4702, 33.7962, 48.3522)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABB4 #B45148

analogous

#48B487 #48ABB4 #4875B4

triadic

#48ABB4 #B448AB #ABB448

tetradic

#48ABB4 #8748B4 #B45148 #75B448

square

#48ABB4 #8748B4 #B45148 #75B448

split-complementary

#48ABB4 #B44875 #B48748

monochromatic

#25585D #378188 #48ABB4 #72C0C7 #9ED3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48ABB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#48ABB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABB4

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABB4	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E98B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.092 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4ca',
    500: '#48abb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abb4;
$custom-light: #86c4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68665,
    "c": 0.09218,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABB4

secondary

#C59793

accent

#6055D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABB4

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

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