#48AFBC#48AFBC

#48AFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.096 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFBC
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -25.59, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 29.93, 211.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0855 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.096 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0758, 35.6657, 53.0244)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFBC #BC5548

analogous

#48BC8F #48AFBC #4875BC

triadic

#48AFBC #BC48AF #AFBC48

tetradic

#48AFBC #8F48BC #BC5548 #75BC48

square

#48AFBC #8F48BC #BC5548 #75BC48

split-complementary

#48AFBC #BC4875 #BC8F48

monochromatic

#255E65 #358792 #48AFBC #75C3CC #A2D6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#48AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFBC

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFBC	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)

#A1A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.096 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c7d0',
    500: '#48afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afbc;
$custom-light: #88c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.724,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69931,
    "c": 0.09568,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFBC

secondary

#CA9C96

accent

#6152D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFBC

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

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