#48ABB5#48ABB5

#48ABB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.092 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABB5
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -25.63, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 29.10, 208.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0841 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.092 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5724, 33.8371, 48.8906)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABB5 #B55248

analogous

#48B589 #48ABB5 #4874B5

triadic

#48ABB5 #B548AB #ABB548

tetradic

#48ABB5 #8948B5 #B55248 #74B548

square

#48ABB5 #8948B5 #B55248 #74B548

split-complementary

#48ABB5 #B54874 #B58948

monochromatic

#25585D #378289 #48ABB5 #73C0C7 #9FD3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48ABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#48ABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABB5

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABB5	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E98B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.092 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4cb',
    500: '#48abb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abb5;
$custom-light: #87c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.505,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68702,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABB5

secondary

#C59893

accent

#6155D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABB5

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

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