#48B4BB#48B4BB

#48B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.098 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4BB
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -28.37, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 31.10, 204.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0912 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.098 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9596, 37.6051, 52.7891)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4BB #BB4F48

analogous

#48BB88 #48B4BB #487ABB

triadic

#48B4BB #BB48B4 #B4BB48

tetradic

#48B4BB #8848BB #BB4F48 #7ABB48

square

#48B4BB #8848BB #BB4F48 #7ABB48

split-complementary

#48B4BB #BB487A #BB8848

monochromatic

#256064 #368B90 #48B4BB #75C6CC #A1D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#48B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4BB

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4BB	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.098 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbcf',
    500: '#48b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4bb;
$custom-light: #88cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.652,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71102,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4BB

secondary

#C99996

accent

#5A52D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4BB

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

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