#48B1BF#48B1BF

#48B1BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.097 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1BF
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -25.71, -16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 30.35, 212.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0863 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.097 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7947, 36.5807, 54.8761)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1BF #BF5648

analogous

#48BF92 #48B1BF #4876BF

triadic

#48B1BF #BF48B1 #B1BF48

tetradic

#48B1BF #9248BF #BF5648 #76BF48

square

#48B1BF #9248BF #BF5648 #76BF48

split-complementary

#48B1BF #BF4876 #BF9248

monochromatic

#246068 #348A96 #48B1BF #75C4CF #A3D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48B1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#48B1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1BF

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1BF	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.097 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8d2',
    500: '#48b1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1bf;
$custom-light: #88c8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70526,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1BF

secondary

#CC9D97

accent

#6050D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1BF

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