#48AFBD#48AFBD

#48AFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.096 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFBD
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(187, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -25.30, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 29.95, 212.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0851 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.096 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1839, 35.7089, 53.5941)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFBD #BD5648

analogous

#48BD90 #48AFBD #4874BD

triadic

#48AFBD #BD48AF #AFBD48

tetradic

#48AFBD #9048BD #BD5648 #74BD48

square

#48AFBD #9048BD #BD5648 #74BD48

split-complementary

#48AFBD #BD4874 #BD9048

monochromatic

#255E66 #358893 #48AFBD #75C3CD #A2D6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48AFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#48AFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFBD

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFBD	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.096 207.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.179,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69969,
    "c": 0.09595,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFBD

secondary

#CA9D97

accent

#6151D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFBD

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

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