#48B0BC#48B0BC

#48B0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0BC
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -26.09, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 30.13, 210.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0865 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.096 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2711, 36.0564, 53.0896)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0BC #BC5448

analogous

#48BC8E #48B0BC #4876BC

triadic

#48B0BC #BC48B0 #B0BC48

tetradic

#48B0BC #8E48BC #BC5448 #76BC48

square

#48B0BC #8E48BC #BC5448 #76BC48

split-complementary

#48B0BC #BC4876 #BC8E48

monochromatic

#255E65 #358892 #48B0BC #75C3CC #A2D7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48B0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#48B0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0BC

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0BC	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8d0',
    500: '#48b0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0bc;
$custom-light: #88c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70173,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0BC

secondary

#CA9C96

accent

#5F52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0BC

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

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