#48B2BF#48B2BF

#48B2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.098 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2BF
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -26.21, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 30.54, 210.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0874 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.098 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9929, 36.9771, 54.9422)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2BF #BF5548

analogous

#48BF91 #48B2BF #4877BF

triadic

#48B2BF #BF48B2 #B2BF48

tetradic

#48B2BF #9148BF #BF5548 #77BF48

square

#48B2BF #9148BF #BF5548 #77BF48

split-complementary

#48B2BF #BF4877 #BF9148

monochromatic

#246168 #348B96 #48B2BF #75C5CF #A3D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#48B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2BF

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2BF	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.098 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9d2',
    500: '#48b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2bf;
$custom-light: #88c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.555,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70767,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2BF

secondary

#CC9D97

accent

#5F50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2BF

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

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