#48B6BB#48B6BB

#48B6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.099 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6BB
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -29.35, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 31.65, 202.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0933 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.099 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3662, 38.4185, 52.9246)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6BB #BB4D48

analogous

#48BB86 #48B6BB #487CBB

triadic

#48B6BB #BB48B6 #B6BB48

tetradic

#48B6BB #8648BB #BB4D48 #7CBB48

square

#48B6BB #8648BB #BB4D48 #7CBB48

split-complementary

#48B6BB #BB487C #BB8648

monochromatic

#256164 #368C90 #48B6BB #75C8CC #A1DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#48B6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#48B6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6BB

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6BB	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.099 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cccf',
    500: '#48b6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6bb;
$custom-light: #88cccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71586,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6BB

secondary

#C99896

accent

#5852D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6BB

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

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