#48ABBE#48ABBE

#48ABBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.095 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABBE
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 10%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -22.97, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 29.39, 218.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0804 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.095 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5258, 34.2185, 53.9121)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABBE #BE5B48

analogous

#48BE96 #48ABBE #4870BE

triadic

#48ABBE #BE48AB #ABBE48

tetradic

#48ABBE #9648BE #BE5B48 #70BE48

square

#48ABBE #9648BE #BE5B48 #70BE48

split-complementary

#48ABBE #BE4870 #BE9648

monochromatic

#255C67 #358594 #48ABBE #75C0CE #A2D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#48ABBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#48ABBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABBE

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.095 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4d1',
    500: '#48abbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abbe;
$custom-light: #87c4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.661,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69046,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABBE

secondary

#CB9F97

accent

#6651D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABBE

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

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