#48B0BF#48B0BF

#48B0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.097 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0BF
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -25.21, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 30.17, 213.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0853 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.097 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5979, 36.1871, 54.8105)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0BF #BF5748

analogous

#48BF93 #48B0BF #4875BF

triadic

#48B0BF #BF48B0 #B0BF48

tetradic

#48B0BF #9348BF #BF5748 #75BF48

square

#48B0BF #9348BF #BF5748 #75BF48

split-complementary

#48B0BF #BF4875 #BF9348

monochromatic

#246068 #348996 #48B0BF #75C4CF #A3D7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48B0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#48B0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0BF

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0BF	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.097 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8d2',
    500: '#48b0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0bf;
$custom-light: #88c8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.563,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70286,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0BF

secondary

#CC9E97

accent

#6150D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0BF

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

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