#48B2BD#48B2BD

#48B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.097 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2BD
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -26.80, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 30.55, 208.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0882 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.097 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7743, 36.8897, 53.7909)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2BD #BD5348

analogous

#48BD8D #48B2BD #4877BD

triadic

#48B2BD #BD48B2 #B2BD48

tetradic

#48B2BD #8D48BD #BD5348 #77BD48

square

#48B2BD #8D48BD #BD5348 #77BD48

split-complementary

#48B2BD #BD4877 #BD8D48

monochromatic

#256066 #358A93 #48B2BD #75C5CD #A2D8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#48B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2BD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2BD	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.097 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9d0',
    500: '#48b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2bd;
$custom-light: #88c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.641,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70692,
    "c": 0.09715,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2BD

secondary

#CA9B97

accent

#5E51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2BD

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

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