#48ADBE#48ADBE

#48ADBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.096 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADBE
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -23.99, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 29.66, 216.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0825 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.096 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9065, 34.9798, 54.0390)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADBE #BE5948

analogous

#48BE94 #48ADBE #4872BE

triadic

#48ADBE #BE48AD #ADBE48

tetradic

#48ADBE #9448BE #BE5948 #72BE48

square

#48ADBE #9448BE #BE5948 #72BE48

split-complementary

#48ADBE #BE4872 #BE9448

monochromatic

#255D67 #358694 #48ADBE #75C1CE #A2D5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48ADBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#48ADBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADBE

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADBE	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48adbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.096 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c5d1',
    500: '#48adbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48adbe;
$custom-light: #88c5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48adbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.644,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69526,
    "c": 0.09564,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADBE

secondary

#CB9E97

accent

#6451D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADBE

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

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