#48B4BE#48B4BE

#48B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.098 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4BE
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -27.50, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 30.98, 207.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0899 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.098 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2841, 37.7349, 54.4982)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4BE #BE5248

analogous

#48BE8D #48B4BE #4879BE

triadic

#48B4BE #BE48B4 #B4BE48

tetradic

#48B4BE #8D48BE #BE5248 #79BE48

square

#48B4BE #8D48BE #BE5248 #79BE48

split-complementary

#48B4BE #BE4879 #BE8D48

monochromatic

#256167 #358C94 #48B4BE #75C7CE #A2D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#48B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4BE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4BE	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.098 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cad1',
    500: '#48b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4be;
$custom-light: #88cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71211,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4BE

secondary

#CB9B97

accent

#5C51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4BE

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

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