#48B0BB#48B0BB

#48B0BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.096 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0BB
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -26.39, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 30.14, 208.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.087 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.096 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1637, 36.0134, 52.5238)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0BB #BB5348

analogous

#48BB8C #48B0BB #4876BB

triadic

#48B0BB #BB48B0 #B0BB48

tetradic

#48B0BB #8C48BB #BB5348 #76BB48

square

#48B0BB #8C48BB #BB5348 #76BB48

split-complementary

#48B0BB #BB4876 #BB8C48

monochromatic

#255E64 #368890 #48B0BB #75C3CC #A1D7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48B0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#48B0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0BB

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0BB	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.096 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8cf',
    500: '#48b0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0bb;
$custom-light: #88c8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.739,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70135,
    "c": 0.09586,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0BB

secondary

#C99B96

accent

#5F52D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0BB

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

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