#48B5BD#48B5BD

#48B5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.099 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5BD
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -28.28, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 31.26, 205.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0914 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.099 202)
XYZ	xyz(28.3777, 38.0966, 53.9921)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5BD #BD5048

analogous

#48BD8A #48B5BD #487ABD

triadic

#48B5BD #BD48B5 #B5BD48

tetradic

#48B5BD #8A48BD #BD5048 #7ABD48

square

#48B5BD #8A48BD #BD5048 #7ABD48

split-complementary

#48B5BD #BD487A #BD8A48

monochromatic

#256166 #358C93 #48B5BD #75C7CD #A2D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#48B5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5BD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5BD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.099 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbd0',
    500: '#48b5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5bd;
$custom-light: #88cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.103,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71416,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5BD

secondary

#CA9A97

accent

#5A51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5BD

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

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