#48AFBB#48AFBB

#48AFBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.095 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFBB
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -25.89, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 29.93, 210.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0859 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.095 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9683, 35.6227, 52.4587)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFBB #BB5448

analogous

#48BB8D #48AFBB #4875BB

triadic

#48AFBB #BB48AF #AFBB48

tetradic

#48AFBB #8D48BB #BB5448 #75BB48

square

#48AFBB #8D48BB #BB5448 #75BB48

split-complementary

#48AFBB #BB4875 #BB8D48

monochromatic

#255D64 #368790 #48AFBB #75C3CC #A1D6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48AFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#48AFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFBB

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFBB	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.095 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7cf',
    500: '#48afbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afbb;
$custom-light: #87c7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.261,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69894,
    "c": 0.09543,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFBB

secondary

#C99B96

accent

#6052D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFBB

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

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