#48B5BC#48B5BC

#48B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.098 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5BC
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -28.57, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 31.31, 204.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0918 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.098 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2696, 38.0533, 53.4224)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5BC #BC4F48

analogous

#48BC89 #48B5BC #487BBC

triadic

#48B5BC #BC48B5 #B5BC48

tetradic

#48B5BC #8948BC #BC4F48 #7BBC48

square

#48B5BC #8948BC #BC4F48 #7BBC48

split-complementary

#48B5BC #BC487B #BC8948

monochromatic

#256165 #358C92 #48B5BC #75C7CC #A2D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#48B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5BC

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5BC	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.098 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbd0',
    500: '#48b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5bc;
$custom-light: #88cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.621,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7138,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5BC

secondary

#CA9996

accent

#5A52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5BC

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

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