#48ABBC#48ABBC

#48ABBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.094 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABBC
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -23.57, -17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 29.25, 216.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0812 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.094 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3087, 34.1316, 52.7688)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABBC #BC5948

analogous

#48BC93 #48ABBC #4871BC

triadic

#48ABBC #BC48AB #ABBC48

tetradic

#48ABBC #9348BC #BC5948 #71BC48

square

#48ABBC #9348BC #BC5948 #71BC48

split-complementary

#48ABBC #BC4871 #BC9348

monochromatic

#255B65 #358492 #48ABBC #75C0CC #A2D4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#48ABBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#48ABBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABBC

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABBC	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.094 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4d0',
    500: '#48abbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abbc;
$custom-light: #87c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.793,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68968,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABBC

secondary

#CA9E96

accent

#6552D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABBC

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

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