#48B0BE#48B0BE

#48B0BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.097 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0BE
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -25.51, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 30.15, 212.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0857 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.097 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4882, 36.1432, 54.2329)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0BE #BE5648

analogous

#48BE91 #48B0BE #4875BE

triadic

#48B0BE #BE48B0 #B0BE48

tetradic

#48B0BE #9148BE #BE5648 #75BE48

square

#48B0BE #9148BE #BE5648 #75BE48

split-complementary

#48B0BE #BE4875 #BE9148

monochromatic

#255F67 #358994 #48B0BE #75C3CE #A2D7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48B0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#48B0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0BE

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0BE	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.097 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8d1',
    500: '#48b0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0be;
$custom-light: #88c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.119,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70248,
    "c": 0.0966,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0BE

secondary

#CB9D97

accent

#6151D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0BE

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

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