#48ABBB#48ABBB

#48ABBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.094 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABBB
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -23.87, -16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 29.20, 215.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0816 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.094 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2013, 34.0887, 52.2030)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABBB #BB5848

analogous

#48BB91 #48ABBB #4871BB

triadic

#48ABBB #BB48AB #ABBB48

tetradic

#48ABBB #9148BB #BB5848 #71BB48

square

#48ABBB #9148BB #BB5848 #71BB48

split-complementary

#48ABBB #BB4871 #BB9148

monochromatic

#255B64 #368490 #48ABBB #75BFCC #A1D4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48ABBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#48ABBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABBB

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABBB	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.094 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4cf',
    500: '#48abbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abbb;
$custom-light: #87c4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.348,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6893,
    "c": 0.09401,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABBB

secondary

#C99D96

accent

#6552D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABBB

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

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