#48B0BA#48B0BA

#48B0BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.096 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0BA
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 186)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -26.68, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 30.15, 207.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0874 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.096 204)
XYZ	xyz(27.0570, 35.9707, 51.9620)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0BA #BA5248

analogous

#48BA8B #48B0BA #4877BA

triadic

#48B0BA #BA48B0 #B0BA48

tetradic

#48B0BA #8B48BA #BA5248 #77BA48

square

#48B0BA #8B48BA #BA5248 #77BA48

split-complementary

#48B0BA #BA4877 #BA8B48

monochromatic

#255D62 #36878F #48B0BA #74C3CB #A1D6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48B0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#48B0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0BA

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0BA	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.096 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8ce',
    500: '#48b0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0ba;
$custom-light: #87c8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.263,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70098,
    "c": 0.09566,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.35974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0BA

secondary

#C89A96

accent

#5E53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0BA

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

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