#48ADBC#48ADBC

#48ADBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.095 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADBC
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -24.59, -16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 29.57, 213.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0833 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.095 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6894, 34.8929, 52.8957)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADBC #BC5748

analogous

#48BC91 #48ADBC #4873BC

triadic

#48ADBC #BC48AD #ADBC48

tetradic

#48ADBC #9148BC #BC5748 #73BC48

square

#48ADBC #9148BC #BC5748 #73BC48

split-complementary

#48ADBC #BC4873 #BC9148

monochromatic

#255C65 #358692 #48ADBC #75C1CC #A2D5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48ADBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#48ADBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADBC

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADBC	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48adbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.095 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c5d0',
    500: '#48adbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48adbc;
$custom-light: #87c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48adbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.759,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6945,
    "c": 0.09496,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADBC

secondary

#CA9D96

accent

#6352D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADBC

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

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