#48B1BC#48B1BC

#48B1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.097 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1BC
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -26.59, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 30.34, 208.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0876 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.097 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4679, 36.4500, 53.1552)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1BC #BC5348

analogous

#48BC8D #48B1BC #4877BC

triadic

#48B1BC #BC48B1 #B1BC48

tetradic

#48B1BC #8D48BC #BC5348 #77BC48

square

#48B1BC #8D48BC #BC5348 #77BC48

split-complementary

#48B1BC #BC4877 #BC8D48

monochromatic

#255F65 #358992 #48B1BC #75C4CC #A2D7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48B1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#48B1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1BC

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1BC	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.097 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8d0',
    500: '#48b1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1bc;
$custom-light: #88c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.69,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70414,
    "c": 0.0965,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1BC

secondary

#CA9B96

accent

#5E52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1BC

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

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