#48B3BF#48B3BF

#48B3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.098 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3BF
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -26.71, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 30.75, 209.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0885 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.098 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1926, 37.3765, 55.0087)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3BF #BF5448

analogous

#48BF8F #48B3BF #4878BF

triadic

#48B3BF #BF48B3 #B3BF48

tetradic

#48B3BF #8F48BF #BF5448 #78BF48

square

#48B3BF #8F48BF #BF5448 #78BF48

split-complementary

#48B3BF #BF4878 #BF8F48

monochromatic

#246168 #348C96 #48B3BF #75C6CF #A3D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48B3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#48B3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3BF

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3BF	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.098 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cad2',
    500: '#48b3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3bf;
$custom-light: #88cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.05,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71008,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3BF

secondary

#CC9D97

accent

#5E50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3BF

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

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