#48B5BB#48B5BB

#48B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5BB
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -28.86, -12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 31.37, 203.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0923 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1622, 38.0103, 52.8566)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5BB #BB4E48

analogous

#48BB87 #48B5BB #487BBB

triadic

#48B5BB #BB48B5 #B5BB48

tetradic

#48B5BB #8748BB #BB4E48 #7BBB48

square

#48B5BB #8748BB #BB4E48 #7BBB48

split-complementary

#48B5BB #BB487B #BB8748

monochromatic

#256064 #368B90 #48B5BB #75C7CC #A1D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#48B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5BB

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5BB	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.098 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbcf',
    500: '#48b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5bb;
$custom-light: #88cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.13,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71344,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5BB

secondary

#C99996

accent

#5952D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5BB

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

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