#48ADBA#48ADBA

#48ADBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.094 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADBA
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 186)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -25.18, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 29.52, 211.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0842 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.094 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4753, 34.8073, 51.7681)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADBA #BA5548

analogous

#48BA8E #48ADBA #4874BA

triadic

#48ADBA #BA48AD #ADBA48

tetradic

#48ADBA #8E48BA #BA5548 #74BA48

square

#48ADBA #8E48BA #BA5548 #74BA48

split-complementary

#48ADBA #BA4874 #BA8E48

monochromatic

#255B62 #36858F #48ADBA #74C1CB #A1D5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#48ADBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#48ADBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADBA

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADBA	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48adba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.094 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c5ce',
    500: '#48adba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48adba;
$custom-light: #87c5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48adba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.842,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69374,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADBA

secondary

#C89B96

accent

#6253D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADBA

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

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