#48ACBF#48ACBF

#48ACBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.096 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACBF
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 191)
HSL	hsl(190, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -23.19, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 29.59, 218.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.081 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.096 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8251, 34.6416, 54.5529)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACBF #BF5B48

analogous

#48BF97 #48ACBF #4871BF

triadic

#48ACBF #BF48AC #ACBF48

tetradic

#48ACBF #9748BF #BF5B48 #71BF48

square

#48ACBF #9748BF #BF5B48 #71BF48

split-complementary

#48ACBF #BF4871 #BF9748

monochromatic

#245D68 #348696 #48ACBF #75C1CF #A3D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48ACBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#48ACBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACBF

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACBF	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.096 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c5d2',
    500: '#48acbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acbf;
$custom-light: #88c5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.58,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69325,
    "c": 0.09577,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACBF

secondary

#CCA097

accent

#6650D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACBF

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

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