#48ABB9#48ABB9

#48ABB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.093 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABB9
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 185)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -24.46, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 29.13, 212.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0824 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.093 208)
XYZ	xyz(25.9887, 34.0036, 51.0833)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABB9 #B95648

analogous

#48B98F #48ABB9 #4872B9

triadic

#48ABB9 #B948AB #ABB948

tetradic

#48ABB9 #8F48B9 #B95648 #72B948

square

#48ABB9 #8F48B9 #B95648 #72B948

split-complementary

#48ABB9 #B94872 #B98F48

monochromatic

#255A61 #36838E #48ABB9 #74BFCA #A1D4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48ABB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#48ABB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABB9

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABB9	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.093 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4ce',
    500: '#48abb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abb9;
$custom-light: #87c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.434,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68853,
    "c": 0.09336,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.34006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABB9

secondary

#C89B95

accent

#6353D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABB9

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

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