#48ACBB#48ACBB

#48ACBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.094 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACBB
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -24.38, -16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 29.36, 213.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0827 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.094 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3909, 34.4679, 52.2662)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACBB #BB5748

analogous

#48BB90 #48ACBB #4872BB

triadic

#48ACBB #BB48AC #ACBB48

tetradic

#48ACBB #9048BB #BB5748 #72BB48

square

#48ACBB #9048BB #BB5748 #72BB48

split-complementary

#48ACBB #BB4872 #BB9048

monochromatic

#255B64 #368490 #48ACBB #75C0CC #A1D4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48ACBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#48ACBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACBB

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACBB	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.094 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c5cf',
    500: '#48acbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acbb;
$custom-light: #87c5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6917,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACBB

secondary

#C99D96

accent

#6352D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACBB

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

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