#48B3BC#48B3BC

#48B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3BC
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -27.59, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 30.81, 206.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0897 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.097 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8658, 37.2458, 53.2878)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3BC #BC5148

analogous

#48BC8B #48B3BC #4879BC

triadic

#48B3BC #BC48B3 #B3BC48

tetradic

#48B3BC #8B48BC #BC5148 #79BC48

square

#48B3BC #8B48BC #BC5148 #79BC48

split-complementary

#48B3BC #BC4879 #BC8B48

monochromatic

#256065 #358A92 #48B3BC #75C6CC #A2D8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#48B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#48B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3BC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3BC	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cad0',
    500: '#48b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3bc;
$custom-light: #88cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.655,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70897,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3BC

secondary

#CA9A96

accent

#5C52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3BC

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

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