#48B3BE#48B3BE

#48B3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.098 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3BE
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -27.00, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 30.76, 208.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0889 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.098 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0829, 37.3327, 54.4311)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3BE #BE5348

analogous

#48BE8E #48B3BE #4878BE

triadic

#48B3BE #BE48B3 #B3BE48

tetradic

#48B3BE #8E48BE #BE5348 #78BE48

square

#48B3BE #8E48BE #BE5348 #78BE48

split-complementary

#48B3BE #BE4878 #BE8E48

monochromatic

#256167 #358B94 #48B3BE #75C6CE #A2D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48B3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#48B3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3BE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3BE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.098 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cad1',
    500: '#48b3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3be;
$custom-light: #88cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7097,
    "c": 0.0978,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3BE

secondary

#CB9C97

accent

#5D51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3BE

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

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