#48ADBB#48ADBB

#48ADBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.095 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADBB
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 187)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -24.88, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 29.54, 212.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0838 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.095 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5820, 34.8499, 52.3299)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADBB #BB5648

analogous

#48BB8F #48ADBB #4873BB

triadic

#48ADBB #BB48AD #ADBB48

tetradic

#48ADBB #8F48BB #BB5648 #73BB48

square

#48ADBB #8F48BB #BB5648 #73BB48

split-complementary

#48ADBB #BB4873 #BB8F48

monochromatic

#255C64 #368590 #48ADBB #75C1CC #A1D5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48ADBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#48ADBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADBB

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADBB	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48adbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.095 207.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48adbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.304,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69411,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADBB

secondary

#C99C96

accent

#6252D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADBB

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

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