#48AEBB#48AEBB

#48AEBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.095 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEBB
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 187)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -25.39, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 29.72, 211.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0848 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.095 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7744, 35.2349, 52.3940)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEBB #BB5548

analogous

#48BB8F #48AEBB #4874BB

triadic

#48AEBB #BB48AE #AEBB48

tetradic

#48AEBB #8F48BB #BB5548 #74BB48

square

#48AEBB #8F48BB #BB5548 #74BB48

split-complementary

#48AEBB #BB4874 #BB8F48

monochromatic

#255D64 #368690 #48AEBB #75C2CC #A1D5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#48AEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#48AEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEBB

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEBB	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.095 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6cf',
    500: '#48aebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aebb;
$custom-light: #87c6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.783,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69653,
    "c": 0.09502,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEBB

secondary

#C99C96

accent

#6152D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEBB

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

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