#48ABB7#48ABB7

#48ABB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.093 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABB7
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 183)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 6.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -25.05, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 29.09, 210.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0833 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.093 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7791, 33.9198, 49.9792)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABB7 #B75448

analogous

#48B78B #48ABB7 #4874B7

triadic

#48ABB7 #B748AB #ABB748

tetradic

#48ABB7 #8B48B7 #B75448 #74B748

square

#48ABB7 #8B48B7 #B75448 #74B748

split-complementary

#48ABB7 #B74874 #B78B48

monochromatic

#25595F #37828B #48ABB7 #74BFC8 #A0D3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48ABB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#48ABB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABB7

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABB7	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)

#9EA5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.093 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4cc',
    500: '#48abb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abb7;
$custom-light: #87c4cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68777,
    "c": 0.09281,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABB7

secondary

#C69A95

accent

#6255D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABB7

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

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