#48B3BB#48B3BB

#48B3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3BB
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -27.87, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 30.85, 205.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0901 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7584, 37.2028, 52.7220)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3BB #BB5048

analogous

#48BB89 #48B3BB #4879BB

triadic

#48B3BB #BB48B3 #B3BB48

tetradic

#48B3BB #8948BB #BB5048 #79BB48

square

#48B3BB #8948BB #BB5048 #79BB48

split-complementary

#48B3BB #BB4879 #BB8948

monochromatic

#255F64 #368A90 #48B3BB #75C6CC #A1D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#48B3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#48B3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3BB

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3BB	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cacf',
    500: '#48b3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3bb;
$custom-light: #88cacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.174,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7086,
    "c": 0.09729,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3BB

secondary

#C99996

accent

#5B52D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3BB

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

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