#48AFBE#48AFBE

#48AFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.096 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFBE
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -25.00, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 29.97, 213.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0846 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.096 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2928, 35.7525, 54.1678)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFBE #BE5748

analogous

#48BE92 #48AFBE #4874BE

triadic

#48AFBE #BE48AF #AFBE48

tetradic

#48AFBE #9248BE #BE5748 #74BE48

square

#48AFBE #9248BE #BE5748 #74BE48

split-complementary

#48AFBE #BE4874 #BE9248

monochromatic

#255F67 #358894 #48AFBE #75C3CE #A2D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48AFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#48AFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFBE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFBE	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.096 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c7d1',
    500: '#48afbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afbe;
$custom-light: #88c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.627,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70007,
    "c": 0.09625,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFBE

secondary

#CB9E97

accent

#6251D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFBE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →