#48ABB6#48ABB6

#48ABB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.093 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABB6
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 182)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -25.34, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 29.09, 209.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0837 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.093 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6754, 33.8783, 49.4330)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABB6 #B65348

analogous

#48B68A #48ABB6 #4874B6

triadic

#48ABB6 #B648AB #ABB648

tetradic

#48ABB6 #8A48B6 #B65348 #74B648

square

#48ABB6 #8A48B6 #B65348 #74B648

split-complementary

#48ABB6 #B64874 #B68A48

monochromatic

#25595E #37828A #48ABB6 #73BFC8 #9FD3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48ABB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#48ABB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABB6

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABB6	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA5B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.093 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4cb',
    500: '#48abb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abb6;
$custom-light: #87c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6874,
    "c": 0.09257,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABB6

secondary

#C69994

accent

#6155D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABB6

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

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