#48B1BE#48B1BE

#48B1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.097 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1BE
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -26.01, -15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 30.34, 210.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0868 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.097 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6850, 36.5368, 54.2985)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1BE #BE5548

analogous

#48BE90 #48B1BE #4876BE

triadic

#48B1BE #BE48B1 #B1BE48

tetradic

#48B1BE #9048BE #BE5548 #76BE48

square

#48B1BE #9048BE #BE5548 #76BE48

split-complementary

#48B1BE #BE4876 #BE9048

monochromatic

#256067 #358A94 #48B1BE #75C4CE #A2D7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48B1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#48B1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1BE

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1BE	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.097 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8d1',
    500: '#48b1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1be;
$custom-light: #88c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.61,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70489,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1BE

secondary

#CB9D97

accent

#5F51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1BE

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

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