#48B2BE#48B2BE

#48B2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.097 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2BE
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -26.51, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 30.54, 209.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0878 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.097 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8832, 36.9333, 54.3646)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2BE #BE5448

analogous

#48BE8F #48B2BE #4877BE

triadic

#48B2BE #BE48B2 #B2BE48

tetradic

#48B2BE #8F48BE #BE5448 #77BE48

square

#48B2BE #8F48BE #BE5448 #77BE48

split-complementary

#48B2BE #BE4877 #BE8F48

monochromatic

#256067 #358A94 #48B2BE #75C5CE #A2D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48B2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#48B2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2BE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2BE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.097 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9d1',
    500: '#48b2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2be;
$custom-light: #88c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70729,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2BE

secondary

#CB9C97

accent

#5E51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2BE

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

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