#48ABBD#48ABBD

#48ABBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.095 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABBD
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -23.27, -17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 29.32, 217.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0808 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.095 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4169, 34.1749, 53.3385)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABBD #BD5A48

analogous

#48BD94 #48ABBD #4870BD

triadic

#48ABBD #BD48AB #ABBD48

tetradic

#48ABBD #9448BD #BD5A48 #70BD48

square

#48ABBD #9448BD #BD5A48 #70BD48

split-complementary

#48ABBD #BD4870 #BD9448

monochromatic

#255C66 #358493 #48ABBD #75C0CD #A2D4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#48ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#48ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABBD

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABBD	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.095 211.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69007,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABBD

secondary

#CA9F97

accent

#6651D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABBD

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

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