#48B2BB#48B2BB

#48B2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.097 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2BB
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -27.38, -13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 30.60, 206.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0891 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.097 203)
XYZ	xyz(27.5587, 36.8035, 52.6555)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2BB #BB5148

analogous

#48BB8A #48B2BB #4878BB

triadic

#48B2BB #BB48B2 #B2BB48

tetradic

#48B2BB #8A48BB #BB5148 #78BB48

square

#48B2BB #8A48BB #BB5148 #78BB48

split-complementary

#48B2BB #BB4878 #BB8A48

monochromatic

#255F64 #368990 #48B2BB #75C5CC #A1D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#48B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2BB

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2BB	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.097 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9cf',
    500: '#48b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2bb;
$custom-light: #88c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.696,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70618,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.36806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2BB

secondary

#C99A96

accent

#5D52D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2BB

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

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