#48AFBA#48AFBA

#48AFBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.095 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFBA
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 186)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -26.18, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 29.93, 208.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0863 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.095 205)
XYZ	xyz(26.8617, 35.5800, 51.8969)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFBA #BA5348

analogous

#48BA8C #48AFBA #4876BA

triadic

#48AFBA #BA48AF #AFBA48

tetradic

#48AFBA #8C48BA #BA5348 #76BA48

square

#48AFBA #8C48BA #BA5348 #76BA48

split-complementary

#48AFBA #BA4876 #BA8C48

monochromatic

#255D62 #36868F #48AFBA #74C2CB #A1D6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#48AFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#48AFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFBA

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFBA	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.095 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7ce',
    500: '#48afba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afba;
$custom-light: #87c7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.789,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69856,
    "c": 0.0952,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.35583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFBA

secondary

#C89A96

accent

#5F53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFBA

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

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