#48B4BC#48B4BC

#48B4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.098 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4BC
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -28.08, -13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 31.05, 205.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0908 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.098 202)
XYZ	xyz(28.0670, 37.6481, 53.3549)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4BC #BC5048

analogous

#48BC8A #48B4BC #487ABC

triadic

#48B4BC #BC48B4 #B4BC48

tetradic

#48B4BC #8A48BC #BC5048 #7ABC48

square

#48B4BC #8A48BC #BC5048 #7ABC48

split-complementary

#48B4BC #BC487A #BC8A48

monochromatic

#256065 #358B92 #48B4BC #75C6CC #A2D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#48B4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4BC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4BC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.098 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbd0',
    500: '#48b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4bc;
$custom-light: #88cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71138,
    "c": 0.09794,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.37651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4BC

secondary

#CA9A96

accent

#5B52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4BC

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

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